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PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
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Social Enterprise and Poverty Alleviation
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How entrepreneurs are fighting poverty and changing the landscape of the development industry. |
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What are the limitations of for-profit enterprises as vehicles of poverty alleviation? |
This panel will explore the efforts of the private sector in building and expanding competitive business models that incorporate profit and social impact. Panelists will discuss the role of innovative approaches to business such as philanthrocapitalism and impact investing in improving growth and business climate in developing countries.
Photo: Tiago Brandão
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Financial Services at the Base of the Pyramid
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What lessons did we learn from India’s microfinance crisis of late 2010? What are the reforms needed forward to strengthen the system? |
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How are environmental disasters and the financial crisis affecting BoP business? |
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How can technology be harnessed to bring down costs of doing business at the bottom of the pyramid? |
In light of the Indian microfinance crisis of late 2010, this panel will explore the recent lessons learned for sustainable microfinance. The panelists will also address how technologies can be harnessed to bring down the cost of providing financial services at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Integrating Farmers into the Global Marketplace
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Food crisis version 2011 seems inevitable. What are the remedies? How can we increase food production in developing countries in a sustainable way? |
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How is technology improving the Information gaps and supply chains for farmers in the developing world? What is the role of big corporations in setting up infrastructure, irrigation and agricultural technologies? |
Agricultural markets play a key role in the lives of the poor in developing countries. This panel will address the role of technology in improving information gaps and supply chains for farmers in the developing world.