Civil Society
The New Bottom Billion
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
Steps that regulators and finiancial service providers can take to move toward the goal of financial inclusion.
Several social enterprises are attempting to provide eyeglasses to the 500 million to 1 billion poor people who need them. Why haven’t any of the organizations succeeded on a large scale?
Microfranchising poses fewer risks and offers greater benefits than does creating a new business from scratch.
Pivotal pieces that have influenced the "base of the pyramid" theory.
Luther Ragin, Jr., Vice President of Investments for The F.B. Heron Foundation, explains how the mission-related investment approach can harness a foundation's financial power to maximize its social return. From the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford.
How one of the world’s largest companies builds loyalty among Mexico’s poor.
What multinational corporations can learn from the base of the pyramid.