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Make Poverty Business:

Increase Profits and Reduce Risks by Engaging with the Poor
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Greenleaf Publishing, 2006 - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - 192 pages
  

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Contents

1 Introduction
9
2 What business can and cant do for the poor
29
3 What is poverty? How many people are poor?
51
4 Poverty and inefficiency traps
67
5 Security and the poor
89
6 Partnering and cooperating to reduce poverty
105
7 Innovation for poverty reduction
117
8 Making the changes
135
9 Reputation and country risk
154
10 Next steps
184
Index
188
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TitleMake Poverty Business: Increase Profits and Reduce Risks by Engaging with the Poor
AuthorsCraig Wilson, Peter Wilson
PublisherGreenleaf Publishing, 2006
ISBN1907643036, 9781907643033
Length192 pages
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