Screen LibraryA fistful of rice：my unexpected quest to end poverty through profitability
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Harvard Business Review Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 191 p., [8] p. of plates: col. ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781422131176 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1422131173 |
| Index Number: | F135 |
| CLC: | F135.16 |
| Call Number: | F135.16/A315 |
| Contents: |
"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. Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance, small loans to impoverished individuals, initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't achieve the scale, scope, and profitability necessary to substantially combat poverty. All that changed with the author's creation of SKS Microfinance. In this work, he reveals how he pieced together the best of both philanthropy and (to his surprise) capitalism to help millions of India's poor transition from paupers to customers to business owners. His story shows how traditional business principles c |