New Age of Sustainable Capitalism: Business Models to Drive Growth and Social Change (Collection), The

Guide to Readers

The book is organized in five parts. The purpose of this guide is to outline the scope and the rationale behind each part. This should make it easy for readers to navigate through the book.

Part 1: Private Sector and Poverty: Progress During 2004-2009

This part contains the new introduction to the book. It provides a brief outline of the progress made since the book was launched in the later part of 2004. The focus is on what we have learned from the efforts of both global and local firms’ initiatives on the emerging “rules of engagement” with the BOP.

Part 2: The Original Text of the Book

We have consciously kept the original text as is. There was no attempt to update the chapters. The goal was to preserve the integrity of the ...