You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World s Poor To the Global Economy

Nicholas P. Sullivan

ISBN 10: 0787986097 / ISBN 13: 9780787986094

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007

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Bangladeshi villagers with mobile phones helped build what is now a thriving $200m company. What is the lesson for the rest of the world? In You Can Hear Me Now, Nick Sullivan answers this question through the compelling story of Iqbal Quadir, a local entrepreneur. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464. . 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World s Poor To the Global Economy
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787986097
• ISBN 13: 9780787986094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Bangladeshi villagers sharing cell phones helped build what is now a thriving company with more than $200 million in annual profits. But what is the lesson for the rest of the world? This is a question author Nicholas P. Sullivan addresses in his tale of a new kind of entrepreneur, Iqbal Quadir, the visionary and catalyst behind the creation of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh.

GrameenPhone―a partnership between Norway's Telenor and Grameen Bank, co-winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize―defines a new approach to building business opportunities in the developing world. You Can Hear Me Now offers a compelling account of what Sullivan calls the "external combustion engine"―a combination of forces that is sparking economic growth and lifting people out of poverty in countries long dominated by aid-dependent governments. The "engine" comprises three forces: information technology, imported by native entrepreneurs trained in the West, backed by foreign investors.

About the Author

Nicholas P. Sullivan has written widely about technology and entrepreneurship, as well as international development issues. He is publisher of the journal Innovations: Technology/Governance/Globalization (MIT Press), and a partner in the Global Horizon Fund, a private-equity fund for emerging markets. This is his second book.
www.youcanhearmenow.com