Innovation in poor countries

摘要

At the World Economic Forum, Bill Gates spoke about creative capitalism as an approach that combines business principles, government policies, and nonprofit activism as a way to expand the reach of market forces so people can participate in the economic engine and become part of the effort to reduce inequities. This is an interesting way to think about creating markets at the bottom of the pyramid, which is essentially what "How to Use Technology to Spur Development" is focusing on (Renee Kuriyan, Isha Ray, and Daniel Kammen, Issues, Winter 2008).