Setting Up Businesses for the Global South

This lecture delves into the multi-dimensional nature of poverty, its measurement, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations for 2030. It explores the challenges faced by low and middle-income countries in eradicating poverty, the lack of quality infrastructure, and the importance of technology adapted to the context. The lecture discusses the ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi, Ernst Friedrich Schumacher, Milton Friedman, and C.K. Prahalad in addressing poverty through social entrepreneurship and sustainable development. It emphasizes the need for technology to be beneficial, simple, and affordable, and how entrepreneurship can drive development while balancing profit and social impact.