Hi all,
As a follow-up to the data I showed in class, if you are interested in sector- and region-specific data on "bottom-of-the-pyramid" spending patterns, you can access all the data and chapters of the Next 4 Billion report. (Twill be helpful for some of your midterms and final papers.) The same project has subsequently spun out an influential blog NextBillion.net that provides a wide range of stories and perspectives on social enterprise and development (though with a definite "good news" tilt to it!).
As I mentioned in class, this Wednesday Mike Kubzansky from Monitor will spend the first half of class going over the Emerging Markets, Emerging Models research in India that you have read and sharing what his team is learning about the differences conducting similar research in Africa (these findings are unpublished). The second half of the class Alvaro Rodriguez, the co-founder of the $102MM venture capital IGNIA Fund, will describe the opportunties he sees to provide basic services to poor customers profitably. He will be joined by Ignia Board member and Compartamos Banco co-founder Carlos Denel. We will discuss the legendary and controversial Compartamos IPO in depth in Week 4 but hope to get a preview from Alvaro (who is also Compartamos Board chair) and Carlos next week.
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