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Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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Executive Summary This case study looks at the urban planning strategies used by a local architec... more Executive Summary This case study looks at the urban planning strategies used by a local architecture consultancy firm called ADAPT (Appropriate Development, Architecture and Planning Technologies). It examines how they meet the opportunities of building, upgrading and renewing urban real estate in Egypt's informal economy. The company uses innovative applications of planning technology to turn inadequate low-income housing into good quality, affordable homes.
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Executive Summary Access to energy remains one of the main challenges facing developing countries... more Executive Summary Access to energy remains one of the main challenges facing developing countries in the South. Morocco, a developing country in North Africa is no exception. Despite the country's aggressive national energy strategy, about two million of the total population remains without access to electricity. They mainly live in low density villages in remote areas. These villages are characterized by scattered and unevenly distributed homes which makes their connection to the national power grid very difficult.
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Executive Summary GiroNil presents an interesting case of offering banking services to the under-... more Executive Summary GiroNil presents an interesting case of offering banking services to the under-served population of the Egyptian economy. Since 2004, the local banking and financial sector has undergone significant reform1 and is looking to expand their reach to larger segments of a 90% unbanked market potential. A largely cash-based economy indicates that the banking sector could be more efficient in its role to attract and hold a larger number of bank deposits and thus stimulate Egypt's economic growth.
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Abstract There is increasing emphasize on the role of private sector in development and inclusive... more Abstract There is increasing emphasize on the role of private sector in development and inclusive innovation. In business and management literature, a new debate emerged under the title Bottom/Base of the Pyramid about business contribution to poverty alleviation to make the case for large corporations to consider low-income markets as another source for innovation and business development, under the assumption that mutual value can be created both for the firm and for those underserved in informal markets.
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Technological Forecasting and Social Change, May 2012
There is an emerging body of literature on product innovations for the poor at the bottom of the ... more There is an emerging body of literature on product innovations for the poor at the bottom of the income pyramid. However, there is little on why delivery systems succeed or fail in this context and the present paper attempts to fill this void by examining why and how sanitation entrepreneurs are succeeding in India to diffuse toilets — an innovation for rural households, which never had access to one before. The literature is analyzed and confronted with the actual field practices. We demonstrate that the common thread that unifies progressive sanitation entrepreneurs is their adoption of a ‘market based approach’. There are market failures stemming from the demand side due to problems in expression of demand and its mismatch with the perceived value of the innovation. In response, sanitation entrepreneurs go beyond the standard linear model of assessing need and appropriateness of technology. They create innovations in ‘technological design’ as well as in the ‘delivery platforms’ to include practices for ‘accompaniment’, ‘sustainable maintenance’ and ‘generation of knowledge'. Thus, they make-up for sluggish or missing markets and informational asymmetries to ensure sustained use of toilets.
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United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innova... more United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands Tel: (31) (43) 388 4400, Fax: (31) (43) 388 4499, e-mail: info@merit.unu.edu, URL: http://www. ...
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Despite all the global technological advances in the last decades, a large share of the world pop... more Despite all the global technological advances in the last decades, a large share of the world population at the Base of the Pyramid (BOP), still struggles with addressing its basic needs. In the developing world, 4,000 children a day die from lack of access to clean drinking water, 80% of the developing world does not have access to electricity, and Kerosene use leads to 1.6 million deaths a year due to smoke inhalation or fire. Collecting water and firewood -primarily done by female members of the family or by children- is a daunting task in many regions across Asia and Africa.
In October 2012, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation initiated the project “BOP Technology Innovation and Products Incubation” in partnership with the UNDP. The project aims to identify technologies in the areas such as clean energy, water, ICT, agriculture, etc., conduct technology testing and collection of feedback in selected communities, and incubate promising technologies by matching corporations in developed countries and entrepreneur/corporations in the BOP. It tends to identify technologies that have high potential for commercialization, and analyze barriers as well as solutions in realizing their potential for development impact at BOP.
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At a workshop in early July, Shuan SadreGhazi joined the poverty working group of the ‘UN Global ... more At a workshop in early July, Shuan SadreGhazi joined the poverty working group of the ‘UN Global Compact Principles for Responsible Management Education' (PRME) initiative. He reflected on his experience with the UNDP Inclusive Business project and discussed new ways to include poverty alleviation in business and management education. At the next PRME Global Forum, Rio 2012, the working group will prepare a report on ‘Fighting Poverty through Management Education’.
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In October 2012, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation initiated the project “BOP Technology Innovation and Products Incubation” in partnership with the UNDP. The project aims to identify technologies in the areas such as clean energy, water, ICT, agriculture, etc., conduct technology testing and collection of feedback in selected communities, and incubate promising technologies by matching corporations in developed countries and entrepreneur/corporations in the BOP. It tends to identify technologies that have high potential for commercialization, and analyze barriers as well as solutions in realizing their potential for development impact at BOP.
Chapters in edited books by Shuan Sadreghazi
In October 2012, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation initiated the project “BOP Technology Innovation and Products Incubation” in partnership with the UNDP. The project aims to identify technologies in the areas such as clean energy, water, ICT, agriculture, etc., conduct technology testing and collection of feedback in selected communities, and incubate promising technologies by matching corporations in developed countries and entrepreneur/corporations in the BOP. It tends to identify technologies that have high potential for commercialization, and analyze barriers as well as solutions in realizing their potential for development impact at BOP.