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Towards Low Carbon Growth at the Bottom of the Pyramid
The bottom of the pyramid, which constitutes more than 42 per cent of the global population, is the most vulnerable to climate change risks. The recent disasters that shook Nepal, Bihar and washed away parts of Uttarakhand left us staring at this fact. In these events, the mass majority who were affected were from the poorer socio-economic group. An increasing frequency of epidemics and diseases in this group only make matters worse.
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- Environment
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Integrating poorest people within the value chain is a key to success: Global Development Network
Panelist and participants at the 16th Global Development Network annual conference discussed how businesses must be more inclusive in catering to more than 40 per cent population of the world that lives below $2 a day.
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- South Asia
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Alleviating Poverty Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard, and Behavioral Science Can Help
Living in poverty means not just living with less money than other people. It also means dealing with extra pressures of time, cost, and mental space. For example, someone without a bank account will often spend more money cashing a paycheck than someone who has one. Poverty has even been shown to reduce cognitive ability. When faced with a big car repair bill, people on lower incomes will test lower in a subsequent IQ test than someone with more money, one study in New Jersey showed.
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Disrupting Markets, Building Brands: Achieving scale at the BoP is anything but business as usual
It might be difficult to achieve scale in health care businesses in emerging markets, but it’s possible. Or at least that’s what Amitava Chattopadhyay, the GlaxoSmithKline chaired professor of corporate innovation at INSEAD, says. And he’s got examples to prove it.
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- Health Care
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To Make India Truly Digital, Target the Poor, Not Rich
America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the powerful regulator for all communication, has proposed that poor citizens of the US should have subsidised access to the internet via broadband.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Twitter Top Ten
Unlike in the world of global soccer, this week in global development was marked by a fair amount of positive news. We captured some of it in this week’s Top Ten list, which features everything from mobile money momentum and impact investing resources, to promising health care innovations - along with a couple of cool videos.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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The BoP Isn’t What it Used to Be: IDB’s upcoming forum to focus on how income changes are leading to business opportunities
More than 400 million people in Latin America live at the base of the pyramid today, and they represent a $760 billion annual market. The Inter-American Development Bank’s BASE III Forum will provide an opportunity to discuss how to tap into this largely unexplored market.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Mozilla Gives Up on Its Dream of a $25 Firefox Smartphone
Mozilla is learning that making smartphones dirt cheap doesn't guarantee success when you're running up against Google's Android operating system. CNET reports that in an email to employees sent out on Thursday, CEO Chris Beard made it clear that the company will soon be changing its mobile strategy. "We have not seen sufficient traction for a $25 phone," Beard wrote. He went on to say, "We will focus on efforts that provide a better user experience, rather than focusing on cost alone."
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- Technology
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