Presenting at the World Bank FPD Forum 2010

The World Bank Financial and Private Sector Development Forum 2010, this year focuses discussions on 'Getting Back to Business'.

Ted London and Parvathi Menon present a framework and talk on ‘How can the Private Sector Take Base of the Pyramid Opportunities to Scale’.

Given the data, statistics and opportunity available, it makes intuitive sense for business organizations to engage in building enterprises that have the capacity to leverage and maximize the potential of the immense markets at the base of the pyramid.

Social enterprises have attempted to create inclusive, wholistic models that are mutually ‘value-creating’ – both for business entities wanting to leverage these growing markets, and stakeholders within the BoP ecosystem – who would also gain positively from these initiatives.

Several pilots and a few scaled models down this road, the key questions are now around the critical challenge of designing social enterprises for scale.

With live examples culled from work done with organizations in India, this presentation aims to provide insights from within corporate entities that have managed to ‘scale’ their social enterprises beyond the initial pilots and really create impact on business.

World Bank FPD Forum 2010, Washington DC, March 2^nd & 3^rd 2010

March 2^nd: Session 2: How Can The Private Sector Take Base-of-the-pyramid Opportunities to Scale

Speakers:

Ted London, University of Michigan

Parvathi Menon, Innovation Alchemy