http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development Comments for "Thamel.com - Diaspora-enabled Development" en http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development#comment-5920 IT is really good resource<br class="clear" /> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:16:52 -0500 Farkhanda comment 5920 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-5"><div class="flexinode--12"> <strong>Date of talk or publication: </strong><br /> December 2005</div> <div class="flexinode--9"> <strong>Speaker Name / Title: </strong><br /> John Paul</div> <div class="flexinode--10"> <strong>Organization: </strong><br /> World Resources Institute</div> <div class="flexinode--11"> <strong>Description: </strong><br /> <img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="left" src="/image/view/1933" />Thamel.com is a Nepal-based marketing and development company that has tapped the resources of the diaspora to create new opportunities for Nepalese workers, generate cultural value, and help move local businesses in a new direction<br /><br />The company has five mutually reinforcing business divisions. The most lucrative and well known is the Gift Shoppe, an online portal which sells gifts to the Nepalese diaspora that are then procured and delivered locally to family and friends still living in Nepal. The IT Chemist division helps local entrepreneurs start their own e-commerce sites, while the export division helps them sell items overseas. Thamel Remit provides remittance, insurance and other financial services, and Thamel International replicates the company's successes globally. <br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development#comment Financial Services General Banking Marketing Successful Models Telecommunications and IT Remittances Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:57:33 -0500 John Paul 1934 at http://www.nextbillion.net