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The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion New Customers
By Paul Polak
The Business Solution to Poverty (Sep. 2013) presents a market-based approach to addressing global poverty. Co-authored by businessman and inventor Paul Polak and social entrepreneur Mal Warwick, the book argues that business is better equipped than nonprofits or governments to eradicate poverty by creating new markets that serve communities experiencing poverty around the world.
Focuses on products and services tailored for people living on $2 a day with affordability as a central principle, the book examines how entrepreneurs can deliver essentials such as water, electricity, housing, healthcare, and education at scale while building viable businesses.
Small Foundation supported the promotional costs of this publication.