Research on low tech solutions for inclusive value chains
Project Context There is a lot of buzz around high tech solutions for doing business in low-income and emerging markets…
Expert review of ‘The Promise of Digital Health’
Project Context The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development Working Group on Digital Health, co-chaired by the Novartis Foundation and Intel,…
NGO and company partnerships for inclusive business
Project Context Inclusive business partnerships between NGOs and companies have the potential for greater impact compared to traditional philanthropy-driven partnerships:…
Overcoming information gaps for inclusive business support
Project Context A major challenge that inclusive business entrepreneurs face while trying to scale their businesses at the Base of…
Minimizing the risk of negative market distortions in private sector engagement
Project Context Private sector engagement (PSE) refers to the interest of donors and others to work more strategically and systematically…
Entrepreneurship training for alumni of the German-Arab Master’s Programme (GAMP)
Project Context GIZ has run the German-Arab Master’s Programmes (GAMP) for 10 years. Many GAMP alumni develop their own businesses…
The GIZ Finance Guide – Navigating the World of Finance
Project Context Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will inevitably require vast investment. Considering the limited availability of public…
Developing a system to measure the results of social activities in Ferrero’s hazelnut supply chain
Project Context Ferrero, the chocolate producer and confectionary company, and GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) have signed a Strategic Alliance to…
How to make mini-grids profitable? Identification of business opportunities for JUMEME
Project context Clean energy minigrids (up to 100kW) are a promising solution to provide small businesses, emerging middle- class and…
Make-IT Africa: Accelerating the ecosystem for digital startups in Kenya and Nigeria
Project context Technology start-ups are key drivers of digital, social and economic change. They develop digital innovations and bring new…
ii2030: Inclusive Innovation 2030
Project background On October 18-19, 2017, ii2030 brought together innovators from corporates, startups, the public sector, NGOs and science to create…
Good management practices for inclusive business
Project context Inclusive businesses have the potential to deliver solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and improve the lives…
Landscape survey on acceleration and advisory support for inclusive business
Project context Over the last two decades, there has been an increase of actors providing advisory support to scale innovative…
NGOs and inclusive business: a workshop to uncover lessons learned
Project Context For NGOs, inclusive business can be an innovative and complementary approach to contribute to development goals, especially in…
Business Case for Engaging in the Market for Affordable and Green Housing Construction in Zambia
Project Context The Zambia Green Jobs Programme is a partnership between the Government of Zambia and the United Nations (UN),…
Supporting a European company to develop sustainable social initiatives
Project Context Leading corporations are increasingly searching for ways to create shared value by applying their knowledge and skills to…
Workshop: Making the Tunisian food industry more inclusive
Project context Food and beverages, along with products for as personal care, household cleansing material, are part of the so-called…
Creating awareness on Boehringer Ingelheim’s ‘Making More Health’ Initiative
Project Context Making More Health (MMH) is a global initiative to identify, support and scale entrepreneurial solutions to global health…
Coaching social entrepreneurs in an online bootcamp
Project Context Designing business models for low-income groups is challenging and social entrepreneurs need to consider many specific parameters to…
BCtA Case Study Series 2016
Project Context The Business Call to Action (BCtA) was launched in 2008 as a global membership platform that encourages private…
Stories about us: A narrative approach for social entrepreneurs
Project background Social entrepreneurs reassemble players in an ecosystem in new and innovative ways. These ecosystems are complex, as the…
Scaling innovation at the energy-agriculture nexus in East Africa
Project context With rising global demand for food, identifying means by which clean energy technology can be used to intensify…
Fast-moving consumer goods and inclusive business in Tunisia
Project context Food and beverages, along with products for as personal care, household cleansing material, are part of the so-called…
Corporate Impact Venturing
Project context The base of the global economic pyramid (BoP) market presents a US$5 trillion opportunity. Corporations have a clear…
Better Learning – Delivering higher quality, lower cost education
Project context Every year, governments, donor agencies and the private sector invest billions in education programs and innovations targeting the…
Analysis of the African Social Enterprise Ecosystem for the World Bank
Project context As the African governments and traditional market players struggle to deliver services to the poorest segments of society,…
Strengthening Inclusive Business Ecosystems in Africa for UNDP
Project context For Africa, promoting inclusive economic growth, rapid social and environmentally sustainable development requires innovative and transformative business models…
Supporting a pharma company with the Access to Medicine Index
Project context The access to medicine problem is multifaceted, and responsibility for tackling it lies with many different actors –…
Enhancing access to oncology medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa
Project context Cancer is an emerging healthcare challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. Compared to communicable diseases – such as HIV/AIDS, malaria…
African Inclusive Markets Excellence Center
Project context While Africa has experienced high growth rates in the last few years, growth has not necessarily been inclusive…
BCtA Strategy 2016
Project context The Business Call to Action (BCtA) was launched in 2008 as a global membership platform that encourages private…
Catalogue of (micro-)entrepreneurship opportunities for refugees in Germany
Project context Forcibly displaced persons all around the world are a rich source of skills, know-how and experience. However, political…
Innovation labs: co-creating tailored solutions for and with refugees
Project context With numerous forcibly displaced persons coming to Germany, several companies have already committed their assistance through philantropic initiatives,…
Promoting Inclusive Business for Women and Gender Equality with ADB
Project context Inclusive businesses have great potential to contribute to women’s economic empowerment. In fact, there is emerging evidence that…
Diabetes in the Philippines: solutions for the BoP and business opportunities for pharmaceuticals
Project context In many emerging markets, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes is becoming a major public health…
Co-packing in Rwanda
Project context Concept Note Rwandan smallholder farmers are amongst Africa’s most organized and productive. However, there is relatively little value…
BoP Health Sector Dialogue in Buenos Aires
Project context The market size of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean amounts to US$31 billion in…
Workshop on partnerships between companies and NGOs with Save the Children e.V.
Project context Partnerships between companies and NGOs carry great potential for improving sustainable development worldwide: Beyond traditional philanthropy or CSR…
Communauts: Making tourism work for all
Project context Tourism is an important source of income in many developing countries. However, only a small number of tourist…
G20 Framework on Inclusive Business Policies
Project context The Turkish presidency of the G20 in 2015 has identified Inclusive Business Policies as a priority topic for…
Inclusive Business Policies in Colombia and Indonesia
Project Context Inclusive Business Policies directly enable mutually beneficial collaboration between companies and low-income people. A study by Endeva on…
Mapping inclusive agribusinesses in Madagascar
Project context Madagascar remains one of the poorest countries in the world, and largely rural. Three out of four households…
Stocktaking of donor energy programs for the collaboration with the private sector for GIZ
Project Context GIZ has recognized the importance of collaborating with the private sector to overcome development challenges and to provide…
Developing a knowledge database on Business Model Innovations for the World Bank
Project Context With increasing demand for services, from both within and outside the World Bank Group (WBG), the Bank’s Innovation…
Exploring BoP investment opportunities for German energy utility in India
Project Context Around 300 million people in India don’t have access to electricity but more and more companies are offering…
Evaluation of the social impact of HERi Madagascar
Project Context HERi Madagascar is a social business that aims to provide access to energy and other services to rural…
Supporting CEMEX’s communication of inclusive business models
Project Context “CEMEX is a company that is constantly striving to innovate so that our products, services and strengths contribute…
Reviving cashew farming in Kenya
Project Context Kilifi, a region at the coast of Kenya, used to be a major producer of Cashew nuts in…
National Inclusive Business Policy: Feasibility Study in Indonesia and Cambodia
Project Context Increasingly, national governments and donors recognise the potential of inclusive business models as a concrete means to channel…
Evaluating ADA’s collaboration with the private sector
Project context The Austrian Development Agency has been running a programme for the collaboration with the private sector since 2005,…
Empowering social entrepreneurs through an online bootcamp
Project context The “empowering people. Network” (epN) is an initiative of Siemens Stiftung that promotes appropriate technological solutions for the…
Responsible Management Abroad – Scanning the Information Landscape
Project context German businesses are very international. They also show a high level of commitment to societal issues and act…
CSR WeltWeit – Enhancing Information on International Opportunities for CSR
Project context An exploratory study conducted by the Emergia Institute revealed that information offers for German companies aiming to internationally…
Feasibility Study on the Development of an E-Solution for Sustainable and Inclusive Innovations
Project Context In a new component of the Umbrella Programme for the Promotion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME),…
Market Study on Inclusive Business in the Indian Energy Sector
Project context India is in need of energy. Approximately 400 million rural inhabitants do not have access to electricity, which…
Market Study on Rural Sub-Sahara African Energy Markets for the Solarkiosk GmbH
Project Context Currently, about 1.3 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity and about 2.6 billion people rely…
Strategic options for Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development
Project Context The UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) builds on Turkey’s convening power and dynamic…
Benchmarking of Challenge Funds for Young Entrepreneurs
Project Context The Free State SME Development initiative of the ILO seeks to contribute to employment creation through small and…
German and International Foundations in Emerging Markets
Project Context The landscape of foundations active in developing countries has enjoyed a substantial growth over the past decade. Private…
Market Study and Competitiveness Analysis for CSR-related Services for GIZ in Asia
Project Context CSR and ‘Responsible Business’ can be important drivers for sustainable economic growth in Asian countries. The Deutsche Gesellschaft…
Global trends and tomorrow’s CSR
Project Context Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has always been a dynamic concept. As the roles and relationships of public, private…
Towards Triple Impact – Toolbox for Analysing Sustainable Ventures in Developing Countries
Project Context Sustainable ventures can make a significant contribution to poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability. These innovative business initiatives and…
Inclusive Business Guide – How to Develop Business and Fight Poverty
(Original title: “Entwicklungsgeschäfte – Geschäfte machen gegen Armut”) Project Context Many companies can benefit from inclusive business development, and interest…
Allianz Microinsurance – Learning to insure the poor
Project Context For five years, Allianz has developed and implemented insurance products for low-income consumers. The credit-life model has proven…
Creating Value for All – Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor
Project Context The Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative responds to a need for better understanding of how the private sector can…
Strategic development of the next phase of the UNDP GIM Initative
Project Context The first stage of the UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative proved that opportunities to create value for business…
UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets: Case Research Programme
Project Context The first stage of the UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative proved that opportunities to create value for business…
Study for Rio+20: “Policy Measures to Support Inclusive and Green Business Models”
Project context Realising synergies between inclusion and greening requires innovative technologies and business models. While they are developed and implemented…
Design with the Poor, not for the Poor: Idea Competitions with low-income consumers
Project Context Creating products and services for low-income consumers is a challenging task. Little information is available about this target…
The MDGs: Everyone’s Business
Project context The MDGs: Everyone’s Business is a new report from UNDP’s GIM Initiative covering 40 case studies and over…
Partners in development – How donors can better engage the private sector for development in LDCs
Project context During the UN Private Sector Forum on 22 September 2010, 11 of the world’s largest bilateral donor countries…
Inclusive Business in Emerging Europe and Central Asia
Project context While there are a lot of case studies and reports available on inclusive business models in Asia, Latin…
Energize the BoP!
Project Context Access to clean and affordable energy is important for economic and human development. Reliable energy supply can boost…
Emerging Market Multinationals as Development Agents
Project Context As increasingly important players in the global economy, Emerging Market Multinationals (EMM) can make a significant contribution to…
CSR of German companies abroad
Project Context German companies are international players. They are export-oriented but also produce abroad. Many companies are highly integrated into…
Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Markets
Project Context An estimated 4 billion people live on incomes less than $3,000 per year in local purchasing power parity…
Adapting to Climate Change with Inclusive Business
Project Context Developing countries bear the highest burden of climate change effects, and low-income people are often those hardest hit…
A Strategy for the Commons: Collective Action
Project Context Business-driven networks for sustainability have great potential to address today’s sustainability challenges through two new governance mechanisms: collective…
Growing Sustainable Business with Smallholders
Project Context Agriculture is at the center of some of the most critical global challenges today: eliminating hunger and poverty…
Building Energy Kiosks in Madagascar
http://endeva.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/insightsmada-final-360.mp4 Project Context Madagascar is one of the world’s poorest countries, facing significant challenges in a variety of areas: education,…
Business Booster in Sierra Leone
Project Context With the Youth-to-Youth Fund, the Youth Employment Network at the ILO together with UNIDO have provided grants to…
Role of the EU in Private Sector Engagement
Project Context Development partnerships with the private sector are considered to provide an effective contribution towards the achievement of development…
Health and Medicines Sector Market Assessment
Project Context Southern Africa is suffering a double burden of disease: a high rate of communicable diseases like HIV/AIDs and…
Agribusiness Supplier Development Programme (ASDP)
Project Context Agriculture is one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most important sectors: it contributes over 60% towards regional employment and accounts…
Inclusive tourism in Haiti
Project Context The Haitian Government has prioritized tourism on the agenda with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) requesting a grant…
Improving access to inputs for cocoa farmers in Ghana
Project Context 90% to 95% of cocoa worldwide is produced by smallholder farmers. While both demand and supply for cocoa…
Tackling Barriers to Scale: Inclusive Ecosystems
Project Context Inclusive business offer great promise: to enable business growth and economic opportunity for people living in poverty. Yet…
Realizing Africa’s Wealth
Project Context This report, commissioned for Endeva by UNDP’s African Facility for Inclusive Markets, describes the status of inclusive business…
Case Studies on WBCSD Member Companies
Project Context The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) regularly publishes case studies on inclusive business models of its…
Inclusive Business Policies
Project Context Increasingly, national governments and donors recognise the potential of inclusive business models as a concrete means to channel…
Proving the Impact of Development Partnerships
Project Context Development partnerships have been praised as an effective and efficient approach to development. By involving the private sector…
Changing Climate, Changing Behavior
Project context Most people in developing countries depend on small-scale agriculture for part of their subsistence and income. At the…
Multiplying Impact: Supporting the Replication of Inclusive Business Models
Project Context Many inclusive businesses that have proven their model benefits the poor are beginning to find ways to expand…
BCtA Case Study Series 2014
Project Context The Business Call to Action (BCtA) was launched in 2008 as a global membership platform that encourages private…
Inclusive Business in Tourism
Project Context Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries, providing one in 11 jobs worldwide and 9% of global…
Private Schools for the Poor
Project context Low-cost private schools are helping bridge the basic education gap for millions of children throughout the developing world,…
Inclusive Business Forum Istanbul
Project context The International Business Forum (IBF) was created in 1995 as a platform for fostering dialogue between government, private…