There is a lot of debate in the world of international development about the role, both positive and negative, that multinational corporations play in developing countries. When I´m not interviewing borrowers or helping to train new staff on Kiva procedures here at PADECOMSMCrédito in El Salvador, I´ve been laying in the hammock and reading The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, C.K. Prahalad´s book about the potential for social improvement and profits in developing markets.
The book is a call to action for corporations and businesses to view the poor as...
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