In the wake of C. K. Prahalad’s 2004 publication, The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid, “bottom of the pyramid” (BOP) schemes have become increasingly prominent on the development landscape. Lauded as the century’s most influential model of socially responsible business (Anderson and...

The education of girls is a primary focus of development efforts in poor countries because female achievement, especially at the secondary level, is believed to have long-lasting and far-reaching economic effects. Complex multiple factors work against girls’ education in developing countries,...

Increasing numbers of consumers see themselves as ‘partners’ in poverty reduction, purchasing Fairtrade products to offset inequalities in the global economy and to ensure that producers in developing countries enjoy the same basic rights and freedoms as their Western counterparts. Yet the...