You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor To the Global EconomyISBN: 978-0-7879-8609-4
Hardcover
272 pages
February 2007, Jossey-Bass
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—Caroline Geck, Kean Univ. Lib., Union, NJ (Library Journal, February 2007)
"…describes an inclusive capitalism that engages and enables many of the three billion people living on $1 a day" (Credit Control, June 2007)
"Grameen Bank has an impact on the poor, GrameenPhone on the entire economy."—Muhammad Yunus,winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
"You Can Hear Me Now is a powerful proof of the roles
that the private sector can play in economic development. Sullivan,
by picking one industry—wireless—and cleverly weaving
the economics and the growth of the industry with the human
dimension, provides a distinctively new perspective on what is
possible. A must-read for all those who are concerned about
eradicating poverty. Equally, a must-read for managers who are
looking for new engines of growth."
—C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished
University Professor, The Ross School of Business, the University
of Michigan; author, The Fortune at the Bottom of the
Pyramid
"With the growing interest in how business can better serve the
'bottom of the pyramid' there is great need for both practical
examples of how to do it and better understanding of how such
strategies can truly benefit those caught in the poverty trap. This
book delivers on both counts."
—Stuart L. Hart, S.C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global
Enterprise, Cornell University; author, Capitalism at the
Crossroads
"You Can Hear Me Now describes the human drama of the
poor adopting technology to enhance their productivity.
Well-researched and engaging, it expertly walks the reader through
one surprising maze after another."
—V. Kasturi Rangan, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing,
Harvard Business School; coauthor, Business Solutions for the
Global Poor
"The stories of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh, legendary in
development capital circles, and Celtel in Africa, among others,
read as colorfully as any of the stories of the Gold Rush in the
U.S. in the 1840s. Nicholas Sullivan has recounted the struggle and
subsequent success in an easy-to-read but factual manner that shows
risks countered by perseverance and guts—proving that you can
do well by doing good."
—Alan Patricof, co-founder, Apax Partners and founder,
Greycroft Partners