New Age of Sustainable Capitalism: Business Models to Drive Growth and Social Change (Collection), The

Acumen Fund

Acumen Fund has great respect for Dr. Prahalad’s work on serving people at the Bottom of the Pyramid through market-based approaches. Indeed, our work to bring affordable, quality services to low-income people in the developing world has resulted in the creation of more than 23,000 jobs and enabled tens of millions to avail themselves of the safe water, health care, housing, and energy they need to improve their lives. We agree with Dr. Prahalad that choice is where dignity starts and that the world will change only when we view truly low-income individuals as full participants in their local economies and communities, as producers and consumers, rather than as passive recipients of charity. I’m thrilled to read the updated version ...