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Latin America's chequered history with multi-national companies can make big business a hard sell. In this film we look
at some business projects in South America, centred
on the poor to see what can happen. “It is not about
philanthropy or giving away resources,” says the
boss of one of the world’s largest multinational
cement companies, when asked what his company is
doing lending money to the poor to build houses and
supplying them with building materials. It’s turning
a profit on the deal, and it's not the only one:
multinationals, growing bananas, coffee, and
producing chocolate are not just selling to the poor
but working with them. One development agency sees
business as crucial in the process of moving the
poor from two to eight dollars a day. But can these
practical solutions built on business models really
deliver?
Part of a 5 x
25-minute documentary series produced for the BBC.
These films can be bought individually or as a
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Testing Tourism,
Ref: 742 |
Peru: Property Ladder,
Ref: 741 |
Bolivia: Power to the People,
Ref: 740 |
North Korea: The Great Dream,
Ref: 702 |
China: A Hard Days Wok,
Ref: 692 |
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Ecuador: A Cowboy's Story,
Ref: 685 |
Dubai: Building a Dream,
Ref: 679 |
Africa: Investment Horizons,
Ref: 677 |
Made in Pakistan,
Ref: 676 |
Africa: Open for Business,
Ref: 675 |
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