The bottom-up approach is touted to have political dividends too. The income-generating projects are expected to lead to empowerment of the poor by making them self-reliant.

If we were to go by Prahalad’s theory, supporting green entrepreneurship and cultivating markets among low-income groups could help us strike a climate fortune at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP).

Based on simulations, he said credit flows to retail, agri and MSME’s could grow upto $15 trillion in the next two decades. He gave the example of a small business with good cashflows. For ...

Bottom-up model proponent DP William Ruto. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Development from below, bottom-up development, bottom of the pyramid approach, grassroots development - these are some of the ...