Category Archives: Philipines

Mapping global seasonality: national times of abundance and scarcity?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Connecting some dots made me think of this exercise. If national governments are increasingly looking at ways to bridge the informal economy with the formal, in order to provide more inclusive benefits to their citizens and at the same time … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Bazaaristan: global informal economy being recognized

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

Across the globe, 1.8 billion people — a quarter of the world’s population — work off the books each day. They are paid in cash for the goods they sell and the services they provide, and due to their ubiquity, … Continue reading →

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The global prepaid economy – map

Posted on September 6, 2011 by
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Worldwide informal economies – infographic

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

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Reflecting on managing retail at the BoP

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

When I think about my time in the Filipino village last year, the most significant learnings from the field are the ones I never really wrote about or pondered deeply at that time. They were too specific to retail, I … Continue reading →

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Core values: business models meant to serve the BoP

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

(Republished from old Perspective 2.0 blog March 10th 2009) The biggest shock for me in the Phillippines was learning that airtime minutes purchased on a prepaid plan came with an expiry date. The smaller the amount the faster the expiration. … Continue reading →

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iBoP Asia 2008 Small Grant Projects – Part two

Posted on March 7, 2010 by
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iBoP Asia 2008 Small Grant Projects – March 2010 Jakarta

Posted on March 6, 2010 by

Exhibits of projects completed displayed at the Frontiers seminar on March 3rd in Jakarta, Indonesia. Click on photos to see details. continued in next post.

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Prepaid pricing plans and the financially savvy BoP buyer: A discussion

Posted on January 5, 2010 by

Rural grocery shop, South Africa January 2008 While putting together my post on demanding BoP customers today, I came across this snippet from an article titled "Getting to know the sophisticated prepaid user" from The Philippines (one of the field … Continue reading →

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Synthesis of the Prepaid Economy Project

Posted on November 27, 2009 by

The impetus for the Prepaid Economy project came from field observations during other projects which focused on the design and development of products and services for those at the BoP. It was noted that the majority of the BoP lived … Continue reading →

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