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Business Linkages: Enabling Access to Markets at the Base of the Pyramid Report of a Roundtable Dialogue March 3-5, 2009, Jaipur, India Written by Beth Jenkins with Eriko Ishikawa Designed by Alison Beanland © 2009 International Finance Corporation, International Business Leaders Forum, and the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the CSR Initiative’s Jane Nelson and IFC’s Sujata Lamba and Toshiya Masuoka for their input into this report as well as for the leadership and support they have provided for the Business Linkages Series overall. Harsh Vivek, Neha Kaul, Ananthy Thambinayagam, Brad Roberts, and Ishira Mehta contributed to the initiative descriptions found in Appendix 1. Amanda Gardiner also provided invaluable review comments. Finally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the participants in the Roundtable Dialogue Series and particularly the March 3-5, 2009 Dialogue in Jaipur, India, upon whose experiences and insights this report is based. Rights and Permissions The material in this publication is copyrighted. Quoting, copying, and/or reproducing portions or all of this work is permitted provided the following citation is used: Jenkins, Beth and Eriko Ishikawa. 2009. “Business Linkages: Enabling Access to Markets at the Base of the Pyramid.” Report of a Roundtable Dialogue March 3-5, 2009, Jaipur, India. Washington, DC: International Finance Corporation, International Business Leaders Forum, and the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. Cover photographs: DSCL Hariyali Kisan Bazaar, Jaipur Rugs (photo by Eriko Ishikawa), and Jain Irrigation (photo by Subrata Barman) The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IFC, IBLF, or the Harvard Kennedy School. Business Linkages: Enabling Access to Markets at the Base of the Pyramid Table of Contents PREFACE