Fistful of Rice My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability

Name: Fistful of Rice My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability
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ISBN: 9781422131176

ISBN-10: 1422131173

ISBN-13: 9781422131176

Edition: 2010

Authors: Vikram Akula

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What Paul Farmer is to infectious disease, Vikram Akula is to poverty, and his quest has been as harrowing and heart-breaking as Farmer's. Scene by scene, Akula reveals how he pieced together the best of philanthropy and--to his own surprise--the best of capitalism to serve millions of India's poor. Akula's transformation from activist to entrepreneur to corporate executive parallels that of each SKS Microfinance "member" from pauper to customer to business woman. In creating a high-performance enterprise of true professionals, Vikram has done what other microfinancing models have failed to do, which is to achieve the scale, the scope, and the profitability necessary to sustain its efforts…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 11/9/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




"Am I Not Poor, Too?"



Putting the Last First



The Story of My Experiments with Grameen



Rangoli Powder and Handfuls of Seeds



The McDonald's of Microfinance



Goat Economics



Google Territory


Acknowledgments


Index


About the Author