Small and Growing Business. A commercially viable business that has significant potential for expansion and social impact in the communities where it operates.

Students provided with schooling who previously were not in school because of the distance they had to travel, cost they had to pay or entry requirements that prohibited them from attending.

Previously un-electrified households with access to electricity either from utility/community generation, distributed generation or improved distribution.

Households or individuals that previously did not have access to credit. Access to Healthcare: Individuals who previously were not served by the formal healthcare system because of distance they had t [..]

Households that previously did not have reasonable access to water, defined as the availability of at least 20 liters per person per day from an acceptable source within 1 kilometer of the dwellings.

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in the context of a natural person, an individual who has either 1) earned income exceeding $200,000 (or $300,000 with a spouse) during the p [..]

Housing for which the associated financial costs are at a level that does not threaten other basic needs and represents a reasonable proportion of an individual’s overall income.

An affluent individual who provides capital for a start-up enterprise, usually in exchange for some stake in ownership equity.

Increase in the value of a financial instrument or currency as a result of market forces of supply and demand.

Base of the Pyramid. The term describes groups of people in emerging markets who earn less than $3,000 a year (2002 purchasing power parity).