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Desarrollo de it

Angel Gonzalez — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:40:26 -0400

el desarrollo de It para empresas globales puede generar grandes utilidades y una porcion de ellas puede servir para el desarrolo de technologia agrotecnologia en paises regiones pobres generando y distribuyendo riqueza mas info en talentiag@yahoo,com

"Exploiting or Helping the Po

_Lorenzo — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:00:00 -0500

"Exploiting or Helping the Poor? Given the controversy over globalization, many MNC managers are concerned that entering BOP markets would be perceived as exploiting the poor. But when a microfinance institution such as Grameen Bank charges 50 percent effective annual interest, is it exploiting or helping the poor? The alternatives for many poor borrowers would be 1,000 percent interest or no loan at all. If a large financial firm such as Citigroup were to leverage its reach and size and charge 20 percent per year interest (twice the rate it charges to its upper middle income clients), would it be exploiting or helping the poor?" It would be exploiting the poor. Certainly given the fact that capitalism is responsible for creating the poor in the first place. So it comes down to stealing from those who you pushed into poverty. It's terrorism.

What Works: Serving the Poor Profitably

John Paul — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:53:37 -0400

Date of talk or publication:
2002

Organization:
World Resources Institute

Description:

The growing debate over the impacts of global capitalism presents a paradox. Global firms have demonstrated their ability to create wealth around the world, but the benefits of the capabilities of these firms and of the global market system do not yet reach most of the 4 billion people who live in relative poverty. It seems clear that the world’s prosperity and security, and perhaps even the growth and legitimacy of global corporations, are linked to our ability to remedy this disconnect.