Authored by: Francisco Noguera
My friend David, NextBillion reader and BOPreneur, pinged me last night and rightly asked why NextBillion.net has been slower than usual these days, missing a few of big news pieces that relate to the base of the pyramid and development through enterprise. He's right. The truth is Rob and I have been with our hair on fire testing and working on what will very soon be the new face of this website.
In fact, if everything goes according to plan, this will be the last post I publish in NextBillion as it looks and feels now! Anyhow, it's Friday and I do want to take the opportunity to point you to some relevant media pieces for you to catch up with this weekend, in case you haven't yet.
The first (hat tip, David) is a 14-page special report about the middle classes published in The Economist last week. Why is this relevant to our readers? Well, NextBillion.net is based on the premise that business, enterprise and the profit motive can serve the poor enhancing their dignity and choice so they can climb the ladder up to that level of the pyramid.
I have read it slowly, re-reading many paragraphs. It offers great elements of analysis and a great excuse to slow down for a second and reflect on the various and complex implications (economic, environmental, political and social) of the fact that more and more of the world's population are now part of the middle class. An indepth analysis of that report is in order and I've made a note to make sure that happens some time soon.
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