You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy

You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy

by NicholasP.Sullivan (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: 1
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 16 Feb 2007

ISBN 10: 0787986097
ISBN 13: 9780787986094

Media Reviews
...describes an inclusive capitalism that engages and enables many of the three billion people living on $1 a day (Credit Control, June 2007)
Author Bio
Nicholas P. Sullivan has written widely about technology and entrepreneurship, as well as international development issues. He is publisher of the journal Innovations: Technology/Governance/Globalization (MIT Press), and a partner in the Global Horizon Fund, a private-equity fund for emerging markets. This is his second book. www.youcanhearmenow.com