Connecting Poor to the Global Economy

FEBRUARY 19, 2007 MONDAY AT 3PM CT

 


  This hour on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca talks to a social enterpreneur whose cell phone company is making triple impact on poor rural villages in Bangladesh: connection to the world, self-employment opportunities, and a culture of enterpreneurship.

Guest
  • Nicholas Sullivan, publisher of the journal Innovations, partner of the Global Horizon Fund, and author of "You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy"
  • Iqbal Quadir, co-founder of GrameenPhone, Senior Research Associate at Harvard University
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