It’s been wonderful to read all points of view and recognize those facts that make evident the key challenges faced with the development of new processes for the BOP. For this reason, I agree with Beatriz in asking everyone to stop and think together how can we solve these problems.
We all know this process is taken place in one way or another and for this reason, we need to make sure, the poor will not keep facing economic injustice and looking at their resources move on to the rich, surviving with less than $2 per day and also facing a lack of guarantees on the wealth distribution process.
However, we must recognize that currently, communities are marginalized, underserved, and without opportunities for a better life. Basically, their economic rights are being ignored. For this reason, we must create strategies that solve these problems and as Dagmar states, our role as Social Entrepreneurs is critical.
If we want low-income communities to have access to economic tools, markets and economies of scale, it’s indispensable to work in creating commercial collaborations between the social and businesss sectors. These collaborations could have some negative consequences if communities are not included in its creation and implementation, reason why, social entrepreneurs must be actively engaged and participate in these processes, particularly, because Social Entrepreneurs are leading huge networks and communities of low-income populations, and are the ones who understand their needs better, are trusted by them, have built distribution channels, are unstoppable, and are experts in creating highly impact development strategies.
This is the right time for social entrepreneurs to take action in finding solutions for low-income communities, making sure that their work will bring great benefits to their communities, through commercial collaborations with SOME businesses that are also looking for mutual benefits and not only their own.
The question, I’d like to raise is: Which are the specific actions that Social Entrepreneurs should implement to help our communities gain benefits from all the new processes.
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