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India Showing Improved Consumer Sentiment: Rakesh Kapoor, CEO, Reckitt Benckiser
Rakesh Kapoor, chief executive at British consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser, on Monday said India is showing "improvement in consumer sentiment" even as the maker of Dettol antiseptic liquid and Durex condoms reported better-than-expected performance for the quarter ended June.
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Inter-American Development Bank Report Highlights Business Opportunities At Base of the Pyramid in Latin America and Caribbean
According to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report released today, the base of the pyramid is a $759 billion market offering promising business opportunities to the private sector.
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- Latin America
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Bridging Gap in the Health Care Sector: AfDB Offers Strategic Analysis on Financing Innovatively With the Private Sector
“The relevance of private sector role in delivering innovative health care to the poorest people, with the view to achieving global goal,” was underscored at a side event organized today in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Tools for Teaching About Business at the BoP: Initiative seen as a way to raise students’ awareness of the potential in developing countries
The Business Schools for Impact (BSI) site is up and running, and offers a growing body of course materials and case studies from top institutions. BSI also offers internship opportunities, and one of its goals is to eventually build a full-fledged integrated Global Impact Master program.
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NexThought Monday – Eight Takeaways from the BASE Forum III
Without the knowledge, equipment or infrastructure to truly thrive as entrepreneurs, BoP businesses will falter. At BASE Forum III more than 100 panelists from across the region and around the world came together to discuss how to enable merchants and consumers to alleviate poverty. Here are eight takeaways from the two-day event.
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Twitter Top Ten 6-27-15: How well is your being? We’ve got the stats in our weekly compilation
We came across some doozies this week as we sniffed around the Twittersphere in our search for the best of the best. We learned that free’s not always a good thing; it’s possible for Bill Gates to give away EVEN MORE money; and Panama leads the world in "well-being." Again. (We were well-schocked.)
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And The Total Spent On Health In Impoverished Countries Last Year…
According to the sixth annual report on how much money has been spent to improve health in developing countries, the 2014 total was $227.9 billion, representing a 1.6 percent drop from 2013.
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Weekly Roundup – The Pope Pulls No Punches: Controversial encyclical puts spotlight on BoP and reboots debate
Pope Francis touched a nerve with the encyclical that he issued Thursday. More importantly, he shined a light on economic inequality. And, as one of the world’s most powerful people, it’s an incredibly bright spotlight.
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