http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/10/04/mobile-sales-contribute-to-poverty-reduction-gruponuevas-amanco Comments for "Mobile sales contribute to poverty reduction: GrupoNueva's Amanco" en http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/10/04/mobile-sales-contribute-to-poverty-reduction-gruponuevas-amanco <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-5"><div class="flexinode--12"> <strong>Date of talk or publication: </strong><br /> 2005</div> <div class="flexinode--10"> <strong>Organization: </strong><br /> WBCSD</div> <div class="flexinode--11"> <strong>Description: </strong><br /> <p><img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="left" src="/image/view/1818" />In late 2001, Argentina's economy collapsed, its currency plummeted and the unemployment rate increased to over 18%. This situation, coupled with falling sales to its big retailers and local customers encouraged AMANCO to implement business projects that could contribute to poverty reduction. The company started with innovations along the value chain, which helped the company realize that it needed to bring its products to its customers in quantities that they could pay for.<br /><br /> To view the case study, either click on the attachment below, or view the original link <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wbcsd.ch/web/publications/case/Amanco_case_mobile_sales.pdf">here</a>.</p><br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/10/04/mobile-sales-contribute-to-poverty-reduction-gruponuevas-amanco#comment Strategy Successful Models Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:04:04 -0500 John Paul 1439 at http://www.nextbillion.net