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Best Base of the Pyramid Business Resources???

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Coolest and best solutions for development and micro-enterprise with mobile?

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Business and Development - A Logical Partnership

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November 16, 2009 at 9am to November 18, 2009 at 7pm
International Conference in Delft, Nov 16-18, 2009 There is little dispute today that poverty is one of the most pressing global problems calling for innovative solutions and market-based approaches. The Base of the Pyramid (BoP) approach involves…
October 15, 2009
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October 12, 2009
Anand Sheombar replied to Nathan Ketsdever's discussion 'Best Base of the Pyramid Business Resources???'
I want to add this one: http://www.bidnetwork.org/ BiD Network engages thousands of entrepreneurs, experts and investors from all over the world to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth in emerging markets.
July 31, 2009
Anand Sheombar replied to Nathan Ketsdever's discussion 'Coolest and best solutions for development and micro-enterprise with mobile?'
Hi, there are some resources here: m-banking: http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/unf_website/PDF/mobile_phone_bank_low_income_customers.pdf http://www.vodafone.com/etc/medialib/public_policy_series.Par.89230.File.dat/public_policy_…
April 16, 2009
Anand Sheombar replied to Jim Thaller's discussion 'Business and Development - A Logical Partnership'
As a foodie I really like this idea! Of cource the continent of Africa has a diverse food cultures like other continents. As a part time student, in my thesis study I am looking at (non-traditional) partnerships, thus PPP's, profit-onprofit, MNC-N…
April 7, 2009
Anand Sheombar commented on Ilona de Jongh's event 'International Conference: Impact of Base-of-the-Pyramid Ventures'
Hi Ilona, Good luck with all the preparations! cheers, Anand
March 18, 2009
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International Conference: Impact of Base-of-the-Pyramid Ventures at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
November 16, 2009 at 6pm to November 18, 2009 at 7pm
Today, there is little dispute that poverty is one of the most pressing global problems calling for innovative solutions and market-based approaches. The so-called Base of the Pyramid strategy (BoP) –Ref. 1– is a novel approach involving the private…
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Source of my passion about the power of business to fight poverty
I am an academic, I am just interested
Website:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandsheombar
Industry:
IT for education/research/healthcare
About my work:
See http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandsheombar
Interested in:
Learning about work in the field, Expertise requests, Career Opportunities
Topics on my radar:
Multinational IT companies and the base of the Pyramid,
ICT4D

Some articles on ICT for development, partnership issues etc. are here:
http://tinyurl.com/lsddza
http://tinyurl.com/lj5sge
http://tinyurl.com/n5wbfh

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At 4:10pm on October 15, 2009, Louise Koch said…
Hi Anand
No, unfortunately I cannot be there since I am working in Kenya for the rest of the year and my boss is not willing to send me... But I will be back next year instead.
How are you doing?
Best,
Louise
At 11:32am on February 26, 2009, Louise Koch said…
You are very welcome! By the way, have you checked in Eindhoven Design School (or something like that) and TU Delft? I believe that they have people working in this field also.
Greetings from Copenhagen.
*Louise
At 11:18am on February 26, 2009, Louise Koch said…
Dear Anand

Sorry for my very late response. You know how days just run by sometimes?
I haven't worked with ICT in developing countries personally, but from my research I have come across a good deal of stuff in the field of Participatory Design. Check the proceedings from the Participatory Design Conference from 2006 and 2008. There have been some workshops and papers on that issue.

Also, at one point I came across a conference in India about ICT and developing countries, but for some reason, I cannot find it right now. If I get back to it, I will let you know.

Below I give you some further references from Participatory Design that can also take you into the field .

Good luck.

Very best
*Louise


Elovaara, Pirjo, et.al. (2006): ”Whose Participation? Whose Knowledge? – Exploring PD in Tanzania-Zanzibar and Sweden”. Proceedings from Participatory Design Conference 2006. Pp- 105-114.

Haggar, Jeremy, et.al. (2001): ”Participatory design of agroforestry systems: developing farmer participatory research methdos in Mexico”. In: Development in Practice, Vol. 11, no 4, 2001.

Dearden, Andy, & Rizvi, Haider (2008): ”Participatory IT Design and Participatory Development: A comparative review”. Proceedings from Participatory Design Conference 2008, pp. 81-91.

Byrne, Elaine & Sahay, Sundeep (2007): ”Participatory Design for Social Development: A South African Case Study on Community-Based Health Information Systems”. In: Information Technology for Development, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 71-94
 
 

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