tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post2538791832157315631..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: DESIGNING solutionsLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-7546016479633135182007-04-06T19:02:00.000-07:002007-04-06T19:02:00.000-07:00Design at the BOP is vital to creating products af...Design at the BOP is vital to creating products affordable to people who may only have a few dollars to spare and often have little access to microcredit. Too few companies consider the potentials of products specifically tailored for BOP consumers and thus a large sector of humanity has few people working to provide solutions to their problems. At AIDG many of the products we produce can exist only because larger, more established, commercial manufacturers simply don't make an effort to tap the low end of the market. Siemens could make the hydroelectric circuitry we do significantly cheaper they just haven't decided to pursue the market.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643669282859147900noreply@blogger.com