Power to the Poor: Sustainable Energy at the Base of the Pyramid?

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6030
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Wilson, Emma; Zersky, Lyuba
Date:	2009
Agency:	International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London
Series:	IIED Policy Breifing
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6030
Sector:	Social Organization
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Subject(s):	poverty economics energy industry
Abstract:	"Four billion people - over half of humanity - live on less than US$2 a day, effectively forming the bottom of the world economic pyramid. This majority may have minimal access to cash but they need, and will pay for, essential goods and services - including energy. The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid, a 2002 article, argues that if global corporations target this 4 billion, they can reduce poverty and make a profit."

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