Base of the Pyramid Markets in Latin America: Innovation and Challenges to Sustainability (Innovation and Sustainability in Base of the Pyramid Markets)

Synopsis

This book focuses on the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) in Latin America and examines the role of the markets in serving low-income populations as consumers, distributors, and entrepreneurs. Deep inequalities, violence, and urbanisation characterise the region. Despite the reduction of poverty observed during the first two decades of the 21st century, Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. Outside active war zones, the region has the highest homicide rate in the world and violence and inequality are both deeply intertwined. Markets have a crucial role to play in closing this gap and offering job and income opportunities, especially to unemployed youth, paving the way for safer, more peaceful, and sustainable development. The book also offers a theoretical reflection on the role that community enterprises who manage common-pool resources can play in serving markets and creating income opportunities for the rural poor. The book is recommended for managers, policy makers, students, and scholars interested in Base of the Pyramid markets and their potential to lift people out of poverty and to promote a more equal society.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

134 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780429754180

Related ISBNs:

9781032043876, 9780429424168, 9781138389120

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/18/21

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Ximena Rueda Fajardo

Edited by:

Marlen Gabriele Arnold

Edited by:

Judy N. Muthuri

Edited by:

Stefan Gold