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Base of the Pyramid


  • The term 'Base of the Pyramid' comes from the figure representing the number of people versus the amount of purchasing power they have.
  • Nearly two third of the planet's people are poor.
  • Most companies are serving at best one third of the world population and are fiercely competing over saturated markets. In their field guide for doing business with the poor, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Field guide WBCSD, 2004) proclaims that serving the BoP with new solutions should be done in ways that benefit the poor and benefit the company.
  • The new markets will open up new avenues of growth for the company
 


 
 
   
 
 
 
 
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