World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose governments lack either the desire or the ability to act, poverty has worsened. This book, a joint venture of a Harvard professor and economist with the international...

Aims to redesign, redefine and reinvigorate working with the world's poor by focusing on numerous low-risk, low-cost recommendations on how business can interact with and positively influence the lives of the poor. This book takes a strategic stance on the ways in which a multinational company...