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Category Archives: Ethics
Can big business save the world? It depends…
Jared Diamond's op ed in the NYT struck me with the question he posed, which is whether big business can save the world. Diamond went on to use Walmart, Chevron and Coca Cola as examples. I leave it to you … Continue reading
*This* is a design revolution
Reading Helen Walter's review of Emily Pilloton's book Design Revolution in Businessweek titled "This is a design revolution?" made me wonder what would happen if we approached doing business with the BoP without the filter of "social impact" or "doing … Continue reading
Women at the BoP: what does it mean when your money belongs to you?
Photocredit: WSJ slideshow I came across the following anecdote from the CGAP blog referencing biometric identification technology as a means for financial services to serve their BoP customers and it gives rise to some food for thought. Here's the snippet … Continue reading
Photoblogging: Stocking up inventory in BoP retail
All photographs taken by the author on 20th February 2009 in Januiay, Iloilo, The Philippines.
Reflecting on managing retail at the BoP (Prepaid Economy project)
Ma Fe's sari sari shop, The Philippines, March 1st, 2009 When I think about my time in the filipino village earlier this year, the most significant learnings from the field are the ones I never really wrote about or pondered … Continue reading
BoP market segmentation: a chicken and egg dilemma?
The idea that has captured my imagination for the past couple of day is the question I've attempted to pose in the title of this post. "Consumers" do not exist, they are not a human archetype like hunter, hero, traveler … Continue reading
Creating a market among the BoP: my ethical struggles online
Its interesting for me to note that the category "Ethics" has been a part of this blog from its inception although I'll confess to not really knowing why I was adding it to the list. I've the least amount of … Continue reading
Lessons from the BoP 10: Life is hard; make it easy to use, easy to choose
Photo credit: Goverdhan Meena, Rawal village, Rajasthan India Jan 2009 When Goverdhan, my local fixer in Sawai Madhopur shared these photos he'd taken in his village back in January when I was doing the prepaid reserach in rural India, I … Continue reading
The BoP and their “Africa” price
Our good friend John Lumbe writes in from Malawi that the price of a loaf of bread is 100 Kwacha and an egg can cost between 18 and 20 kwacha. Not half a dozen or a dozen, they buy eggs … Continue reading
Lessons from the BoP 9: Uncertainty is the only certainty
How do you communicate the concept of "being comfortable with ambiguous, uncertain working conditions" across the vast cultural divide of the absolute North and the easily adaptable East? I, myself, have just had my assumptions about the BoP, in context … Continue reading
