http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/12/09/case-study-released-thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development Comments for "Case Study Released - Thamel.com: Diaspora-enabled Development" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/12/09/case-study-released-thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thamel.com/"><img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="right" src="/image/view/1933" /></a>WRI's latest What Works case study, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development">Thamel.com: Diaspora-enabled Development</a>, is now available through the NextBillion.net <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nextbillion.net/resources/casestudies">Case Studies</a> page. The report documents 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 /><br /><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/12/09/case-study-released-thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/12/09/case-study-released-thamel-com-diaspora-enabled-development#comment Financial Services General Banking Marketing Successful Models Telecommunications and IT Remittances Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:18:13 -0500 John Paul 1936 at http://www.nextbillion.net