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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

by Harvey C. Fruehauf, C. K. Prahalad
July 2004
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
11h 19m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 6. Development as Social Transformation

We have looked at the BOP as a viable and profitable growth market. We have also understood that treating the BOP as a market can lead to poverty reduction, particularly if NGOs and community groups can join with MNCs and local companies as business partners. The development of markets and effective business models at the BOP can transform the poverty alleviation task from one of constant struggle with subsidies and aid to entrepreneurship and the generation of wealth. When the poor at the BOP are treated as consumers, they can reap the benefits of respect, choice, and self-esteem and have an opportunity to climb out of the poverty trap. As small and micro-enterprises, many of them informal, become ...

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