Chris, it looks a great course and I have joined for january 12th start (and recommend it others as well)

also see email I sent you re the ASEAN 3 Programmes

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Hi Dennis,

I just found an online course that is directly relevant to this marketing endeavor:
www.coursera.org/course/subsistence

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Subsistence Marketplaces by Madhu Viswanathan of the University of Illinois USA

Gain knowledge about subsistence marketplaces and use it in different parts of the world to make a difference. The broader aim of this course is for you to consider the global challenge of poverty and envision a better world by designing solutions based on sound understanding.

The foundation for this course lies with unique synergies between pioneering research, teaching, and social initiatives through the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative. Unique to this approach is a bottom-up understanding of the intersection of poverty and the marketplace.

The goals of this course are to help you develop an understanding of marketplace activity in the radically different context of subsistence where much of humanity resides and survives, and for you to design solutions that can be implemented by individuals, businesses, and social enterprises through economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable products for subsistence marketplaces.
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I am going to sign up to at least see the video lectures (and hopefully I will have time to do the homework).

Best wishes,
Chris Canaday