Private utilities and poverty alleviation market initiatives at the base of the pyramid
Drawing on cases from electricity distribution and other infrastructure industries, and from experiences spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book examines new business models to bring basic utility services to the four billion people comprising the base of the socio-economic pyramid
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Drawing on cases from electricity distribution and other infrastructure industries, and from experiences spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book examines new business models to bring basic utility services to the four billion people comprising the base of the socio-economic pyramid Introduction : utilities at the base of the pyramid / Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín -- Reaching scale : utilities as platforms to provide opportunities for the majority / Francisco Mejía -- The innovative use of mobile telephony in the Philippines : lessons for Africa / Shawn Mendes -- Information and communication technologies and the base of the pyramid : lessons from the Philippines' Last Mile Initiative / Gigo Alampay -- Power distribution in Argentina : are the strategies for the base of the pyramid actually BOP strategies? / Miguel Ángel Gardetti -- Prepaid meters in electricity : a cost-benefit analysis / Ariel A. Casarín and Luciana Nicollier -- Challenges and opportunities in electricity service provision for urban BOP communities / Simone Lawaetz and Connie Smyser -- Delivering utility services to the poor using output-based aid approaches / Patricia Veevers-Carter and Cathy Russell -- A utility's perspective on assisting BOP communities : the AES Corporation's experience / Scarlett Álvarez and Francisco Morandi -- One step toward citizenship : the slum electrification and loss reduction pilot project in São Paulo, Brazil / Ivar Pettersson -- Conclusions : providing utilities to the poor / Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 278 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781848445383 1848445385 9780857930422 |