Articles by Rob Katz
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Thursday
February 22
2007You Can Hear Me Now
By Nathan KommersNate Kommers is a Press Officer with the World Resources Institute. Yesterday, the Aspen Institute held a book event in here DC with Nick Sullivan, author of You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World?s Poor to the Global Economy, and...
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Wednesday
February 21
2007International Private Enterprise Group – DC – February Meeting
The DC chapter of the International Private Enterprise Group will hold its February meeting tomorrow, Thursday February 22. We have reserved the second floor of the Science Club (1136 19th Street, NW - between L and M, just a few blocks from DuPont Circle and Farragut Square) from 6:00 - 7:30...
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Monday
February 19
2007Michigan Announces BOP Conference 2007
I received an e-mail from Ted London, Director of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, to let me know that the web site for their upcoming conference is up and running. Business with Four Billion: Creating Mutual Value at the Base of the Pyramid will be held in Ann...
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Friday
February 16
2007The BOP Debate: WRI Responds
By Allen Hammond, Bill Kramer, and Rob KatzThe recent debate over Fair & Lovely Whitening Cream, both in Aneel Karnani’s working paper and in Andrew Leonard’s column in Salon, brings up many interesting points. In response to Karnani, who argues that Fair & Lovely...
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Friday
February 16
2007The BOP Debate: Aneel Karnani Responds
The debate between C.K. Prahalad and Aneel Karnani regarding the BOP proposition continues. As we reported earlier this week, Professor Karnani has published a new case study critical of Hindustan Lever Limited’s Fair & Lovely Whitening Cream, a product identified by Prahalad and...
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Monday
February 12
2007BOP Skeptics and Today’s News
Today has been a very interesting day in terms of BOP news and notes. First, I heard from Professor Aneel Karnani at the University of Michigan. Many remember his paper, “Mirage at the Bottom of the Pyramid,” and C.K. Prahalad’s subsequent response. Professor Karnani sent me a...
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Friday
February 9
2007Aryty: Productizing Remittances Through Cell Phones
Remittances are a big deal ? from an economic standpoint, a development standpoint, and a business standpoint. A lot has been written about the magnitude and impact of cross-border financial flows, both on NextBillion and elsewhere. The concept of productizing remittances ? sending goods...
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Wednesday
February 7
2007The Moneylender’s Paradox
By NextBillion reader Lance Durham -Borrowers don’t have much collateral.-Little collateral means that they can only get small loans.-Moneylenders make these small loans at very high interest rates.-Very high interest rates mean that borrowers won’t make much profit.-After the...
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