At the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potential solution for slow economic growth and poor performance by insulated, unaccountable governments. For the last two decades, research…
Pt. 1. Private sector and poverty : progress during 2004-2009 -- pt. 2. The original text of the book -- pt. 3. CEO reactions to the concept and the book -- pt. 4. Case studies and CEO comments -- pt. 5. Video clips.
Pt. 1. Private sector and poverty : progress during 2004-2009 -- pt. 2. The original text of the book -- pt. 3. CEO reactions to the concept and the book -- pt. 4. Case studies and CEO comments -- pt. 5. Video clips.
Explains how businesses can increase their profits by appealing to poorer citizens, revealing how the lower classes have created a unique buying market with unexpected revenue potential; presents strategies to help businesses serve the poor, meet their needs, and increase their …
Pt. 1. Private sector and poverty : progress during 2004-2009 -- pt. 2. The original text of the book -- pt. 3. CEO reactions to the concept and the book -- pt. 4. Case studies and CEO comments -- pt. 5. Video clips.
Presents the theory that there are commercial opportunities in the poor nations of the world for private companies, and that companies can utilize this knowledge to make profits and at the same time fight poverty.
Pt. 1. Private sector and poverty : progress during 2004-2009 -- pt. 2. The original text of the book -- pt. 3. CEO reactions to the concept and the book -- pt. 4. Case studies and CEO comments -- pt. 5. Video clips.
Presents the theory that there are commercial opportunities in the poor nations of the world for private companies, and that companies can utilize this knowledge to make profits and at the same time fight poverty.
Bank research projects investigate a broad range of issues in wide variety of settings. This volume reports on research projects initiated, under way or completed in fiscal 1999 (July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999), The abstracts in the volume describe, for each project, the qu…
An ethnography of development in practice, this book builds on recent work in the anthropology of development in its examination of the evolution and persistence of a number of key ideas about gender, technology and race.
