Our three tracks- landscape, development and capabilities will include concurrent sessions designed to share cutting-edge knowledge, as well as challenge and extend the boundaries of our current thinking. Key issues that the tracks will focus on include:
Track 1 - Landscape - Generating a deeper understanding of the landscape, including the opportunities and challenges for enterprise development, at the base of the pyramid:
Track 2 - Development - Evaluating the development implications of enterprise-based approaches to poverty alleviation:
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Examining how the BoP approach fits relative to other development strategies for poverty alleviation
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Understanding the role and boundary conditions of enterprise-based approaches and the private sector in poverty alleviation
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Track 3 - Capabilities - Exploring the capabilities organizations need to develop successful BoP-oriented ventures:
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Understanding how to create and manage the organizational change needed to address the opportunities and challenges of serving BoP markets
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Evaluating which kinds of alliances and partnerships are most effective in jointly achieving business growth and poverty alleviation
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