http://www.nextbillion.net/sfconference Comments for "Eradicating Poverty Through Profit" en http://www.nextbillion.net/sfconference <br /> <b><center><font size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"> Eradicating Poverty through Profit:<br /><br /> Making Business Work for the Poor</font> <font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br /><br /> December 12-14, 2004, San Francisco, CA </font></center><br /> </b> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">For three days in December, more than 1000 people from 60-plus countries converged in San Francisco to attend the World Resources Institute's 'Eradicating Poverty through Profit: Making Business Work for the Poor' conference. Representing a wide range of stakeholders from business, the private sector, and civil society, participants explored the relationship between business activity and economic development. Can companies, pursuing their core ‘business’ objectives deliver important ‘development’ benefits? Are low income communities ‘real’ markets? Plenaries and workshops examined how business is, today, interacting with poor people – as customers, as suppliers, and as partners in the cocreation of products and services.</font></p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/sfconference">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/sfconference#comment Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:40:31 -0500 John Paul 47 at http://www.nextbillion.net