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A Better Investment Climate for Everyone-2005

Tuesday, 28 Sep 2004

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World Bank

Doing Business-2005

http://www.worldbank.org

World Bank

Global Trends in Venture Capital Report 2006

http://www.deloitte.com/

Deloitte

The Next 4 Billion

Thursday, 01 Mar 2007
4 Billion income people contributes the least towards consumption and have the lowest purchasing power parity. They have been referred as those who are at the base of the economic pyramid (BOP). Food dominates BOP Budgets and in all regions half of the household spending goes to pharmaceuticals.

Development community is looking forward to meet their needs. New empirical measures of their aggregate purchasing power and behavior as a consumer suggest significant opportunities for market based approaches to better meet their needs, increase their productivity and incomes and empower their entry in to the formal economy.

This report reviews BOP market by bringing together the data from Africa and Asia. It gives a good insight of BOP Markets and emerging opportunities in BOP.

http://www.wri.org/business/pubs_description.cfm?pid=4142

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