You Can Hear Me Now : How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor To the Global Economy Hardback
by Nicholas P. Sullivan
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Bangladeshi villagers sharing cell phones helped build what is now a thriving company with more than $200 million in annual profits.
But what is the lesson for the rest of the world? This is a question author Nicholas P. Sullivan addresses in his tale of a new kind of entrepreneur, Iqbal Quadir, the visionary and catalyst behind the creation of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh. GrameenPhone-a partnership between Norway's Telenor and Grameen Bank, co-winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize-defines a new approach to building business opportunities in the developing world.
You Can Hear Me Now offers a compelling account of what Sullivan calls the "external combustion engine"-a combination of forces that is sparking economic growth and lifting people out of poverty in countries long dominated by aid-dependent governments.
The "engine" comprises three forces: information technology, imported by native entrepreneurs trained in the West, backed by foreign investors.
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- Pages:272 pages, Charts: 11 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 2 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 2 B&W, 0 Color
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:16/02/2007
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- ISBN:9780787986094
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, Charts: 11 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 2 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 2 B&W, 0 Color
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:16/02/2007
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- ISBN:9780787986094