Base of the Pyramid book

A quick note to regular readers: I just discovered that my blog setting was not automatically approving comments anymore, and I had quite a backlog! My apologies. I have no desire to censor any of them. Just a glitch.

Today I'd like to announce a new book that a friend of mine worked on extensively (go Brooke!), called Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value.

It is an edited compilation of papers and case studies presented at a Havard Business School conference in 2005. Each relates somehow to the private sector's role in poverty alleviation. Generally speaking, they are in the spirit of C.K. Prahalad's Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid; in fact Prahalad was a speaker at the conference.

The book is a bit pricey, but all royalties are being donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

I hope to read it soon and post a review - or to hear from blog readers who have read it. I swear, your comments will be posted this time!