tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post6244419721648715081..comments2023-09-12T04:48:26.962-06:00Comments on What's a BOPreneur?: Is it Right to Have the Poor Pay?Bopreneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18394890260699883067noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-75918998731765383592009-12-15T23:38:47.736-07:002009-12-15T23:38:47.736-07:00Dear Paul, I agree with you as my take on this mat...Dear Paul, I agree with you as my take on this matter is simple. "If the horse is thirsty you won't need to take him to the water, he'll get there". Any model that aims at making it easy to access the products or services will become sustainable with incentives to all involved. Removing the 'price' shifts the balance. 'No pay' can at best be used tactically to Angler Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858576687684156496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-37765925033717492382009-12-13T21:59:38.166-07:002009-12-13T21:59:38.166-07:00I read the J-PAL article before finishing your blo...I read the J-PAL article before finishing your blog, and I appreciate your response. You raised some of the same issues I considered as I read the piece.JustJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961126530970235687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-29358550112553200742009-11-30T09:59:07.815-07:002009-11-30T09:59:07.815-07:00I am a big believer in projects that provide an in...I am a big believer in projects that provide an income to BOP personnel such as the UN FAO West Bengal India success. See “A Backyard Poultry Value Chain Increases Assets, Income and Nutrition” which can be found at http://sapplpp.org/goodpractices/small-holder-poultry/resolveuid/91b5e80af8e97248aff0138f168d083a and at http://zunia.org/index.php?id=11728&tx_dgcontent_pi1[tt_news]=287929&Dr. Paul Rigterinkhttp://home.comcast.net/~prigter/site/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-72792777960172438792009-11-30T02:36:33.070-07:002009-11-30T02:36:33.070-07:00Dear Paul: you may find this intersting - http://m...Dear Paul: you may find this intersting - http://moneycontrol.com/guestblog/?p=253 (by Pradeep Kashyap, CEO, MART)Kirti Mishrahttp://www.martrural.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28810014.post-28888108752213952322009-11-28T23:43:36.037-07:002009-11-28T23:43:36.037-07:00I am certainly with your argument. This has been p...I am certainly with your argument. This has been proven a number of times that free distribution and direct subsidy based models would have negative ramification in sustaining any effort. India has been witnessing the initiatives on smokeless stoves since 60’s perhaps. But Envirofit’s approach has proved that poor are keen to pay for a product which attains the basic requirements of a poor Anonymoushttp://www.martrural.comnoreply@blogger.com