That hasn't been the norm. Corporate America has often drawn fire for hiring workers at low wages in poor countries, doing little more to help them improve their lives. That has been left to governments and charities. And some corporations have shunned investment in Third World economies because inhabitants have little money. But America and England did not develop with help from The World Bank.
People think there is no market in a poor population.
They may need money to make money, but once they get it, they can form a market. Same with foundations. Also registered to attend are The World Bank and the Gates Foundation. Quadir persuaded GrameenBank, which makes tiny loans to people so they can buy cows and other means to a livelihood, to start loaning the money to buy cell phones. The buyer, usually a woman, takes a cell phone back to her village and sells phone calls to villagers at a modest profit.