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Jamie Cross
Researcher at Center for Global Development
Publications - 34
Citations - 887
Jamie Cross is an academic researcher from Center for Global Development. The author has contributed to research in topics: Solar power & Bottom of the pyramid. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 32 publications receiving 674 citations. Previous affiliations of Jamie Cross include National University of Ireland & University of London.
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Neoliberalism as Unexceptional: Economic Zones and the Everyday Precariousness of Working Life in South India
TL;DR: The economic enclaves that are being built across South India would appear to exemplify what Aihwa Ong has called "neoliberalism as exception" as discussed by the authors, which is the opposite of what we call "neoliberality as exception".
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The afterlives of solar power: Waste and repair off the grid in Kenya
Jamie Cross,Declan Murray +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors track the impact of off-grid solar products through contexts of breakdown, repair, and disposal, and present an alternative approach to solar waste embedded in cultures and economies of repair.
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Anthropology at the bottom of the pyramid
Jamie Cross,Alice Street +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore what anthropology has to say about contemporary business strategies for market expansion among poor consumers in Africa and Asia, focusing on the activities of global consumer goods company Unilever in India, and show how anthropology can provide valuable insights into the hidden work and power relations involved in transforming an everyday commodity like soap into a composite object, what they call a social good.
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Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a list of maps and illustrations of the economy of anticipation, the vision of growth, the land of speculation, the factory of the future, and the struggle for the future.
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The 100th Object: Solar Lighting Technology and Humanitarian Goods
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the significance of objects like the ultra-affordable solar lamp lies in their capacity to make and define markets at the bottom of the pyramid.