Amazon’s clever play on pricing provides an excellent case for how ventures targeting Bottom of the Pyramid segment can make quality products available at a cheap price. Read more
2.6 billion people in the world do not have a safe place to poop. Lack of sanitation/toilet counts for much of the world’s social and health problems. See what Bill Gates, Matt Damon and Jack Sim are doing about it. Read more
Teach for India is tackling the program of education in India by using a model that has worked very successfully in the US. They are calling on India’s brightest to teach for two years in under-resourced schools so that the children in these schools too can benefit from excellent teachers and education just like their counterparts in well to do private schools. Read more
Rang De is the first and only web based platform in India which allows individuals to directly lend money to poor people who are looking for capital to start small businesses. Inspired by Kiva’s (US … Read more
Teach for All, a network of organizations worldwide that provide opportunities for college grads and young professionals to teach full-time for 2 years in under-resourced schools for a modest stipend. Enlisting the brightest minds to help children in low income schools succeed. Read more
The 4 billion poor around the world – people who live on less than $2 a day, have largely been viewed as weak and dependent on others for their survival. Frontier Markets wants to change … Read more
Micro-finance has become a buzzword in the social sector and viewed as a silver bullet for eradicating poverty. This column is designed to help you gain some basic knowledge on micro-finance, it’s role in poverty … Read more