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April 16, 2009 — 12:00 pm
I was fortunate enough to catch Richenda Van Leeuwen, a founding board member of the Good Energies Foundation. This interview goes into detail regarding the firm where she works, Good Energies Inc., a private equity firm focused on renewable energy, and its affiliated non-profit, the Good Energies Foundation, focused on energy for the BoP.
February 18, 2009 — 08:40 am
As I was perusing my Sunday New York Times this past week, two stories stood out to me. Both mentioned migrants struggling to keep jobs in the developed nations where they were working. One article profiled Alexandrina Ciurea, a Romanian cleaning woman working in Rome; the other described...
February 9, 2009 — 12:57 pm
D.Light, the renewable energy organization that distributes clean sources of light in the developing world, is looking for its first class of Fellows. D.Light, which has often been mentioned on NextBillion, is an incredible start-up that was founded by savvy Stanford MBA graduates Sam Goldman...
December 15, 2008 — 10:15 am
There are two competing philosophies that, at first glance, seem to both provide value to the base of the pyramid (BoP) approach – competition and cooperation. In my mind, the BoP theory is as close as any to a "free-market" approach to development, as it promotes competition that...
October 1, 2008 — 11:21 am
Thanks to Francisco Noguera for his contribution to this post. Please note that the following should not be seen as an exhaustive compilation of everything that has been written about the base of the pyramid. I encourage NextBillion readers to comment and make suggestions to enrich this...
August 14, 2008 — 12:43 pm
This post is the second in a two part series exploring China’s role in Africa’s development. Part 1 focused on the breakdown and impact of African exports to China, and Part 2 focuses on the role of China’s investment and imports into Africa. Investment It is no surprise that most...
August 6, 2008 — 08:50 am
This post is the first in a two part series exploring China’s role in Africa’s development. Part 1 focuses on the breakdown and impact of African exports to China, and Part 2 focuses on the role of Chinese investment and imports in Africa. I think that those of us who are interested in...
June 25, 2008 — 08:25 am
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Growing Inclusive Markets Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference was hosted by the Faculty of Management of Dalhousie University and the Coady Institute of St. Francis Xavier University. The Growing Inclusive Markets initiative...
June 11, 2008 — 02:07 pm
Thanks to Dana Krechowicz, Associate, Markets and Enterprise Program at WRI, for providing the background on Socially Responsible Investing. In April of this year, The Opportunities for the Majority Office of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors...
May 19, 2008 — 02:27 pm
Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategy has a few key tenets, one of which is the power of aggregated demand. Those living at the base of the economic pyramid may have little buying power on their own, but when they are pooled together, their consolidated demand amounts to a viable market. ...
