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This report assesses the extent to which inclusive business models promote women's economic empowerment in Asia and Latin America. It looks at Inclusive businesses that involve women in their value chain and provide specific services that help low-income women.

This report identifies the need for community safe water solutions (CSWSs) in rural India and reviews the models employed by key sector players to address this need. It provides a platform for assessing and understanding the market for CSWSs by exploring the current economic and operating models, operating challenges, and funding scenarios for ensuring sustainability and scale-up.

This guide provides an introduction and practical advice on the available options for providing improved water supply to low-income urban communities. It draws on sector experience, particularly on WSUP’s extensive experience of implementing urban WASH programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.

This report reviews social enterprises in the agribusiness, clean energy, education, healthcare and water & sanitation sectors; it provides an overview the social enterprise activity and opportunity in each sector, innovative business models and strategies, and sector specific challenges. It draws insights from 92 social enterprises, impact investors and sector enablers in India.

This report looks at affordable community drinking water solutions, the importance of mapping the right technology to the particular contamination, and building awareness and understanding of the products which are available. It draws on insights from the Business Innovation Facility's work with Waterlife, a drinking water systems provider for low-income communities in India.

This case study showcases SEED 2013 award winner Tambul Leaf Plates, an enterprise which enables rural youth and women in Northeast India to establish their own production unit enterprises of arecanut leaf plates. The study outlines the local development challenges and the highlighted solution; the development impact and reach; and the success factors and challenges in building the inclusive eco-enterprise.

This report provides an overview of the urban slum toilet market in India including consumer insights from a survey conducted across slums in Bangalore, Delhi and Pune. It recommends steps and critical design factors for setting up privately-run toilet facilities in urban slums.

This report investigates the demand for toilets in rural India, and the availability of quality and affordable products as well as financing for unlocking this demand. It proposes sanitation business models that could profitably deliver solutions that meet customer needs, and it highlights players in the sanitation ecosystem who could serve as the “market maker,” conducting market-building activities and creating an enabling environment for growth. It is a project output of 3SI, a 5-year project supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aimed to develop scalable private-sector business models for the local sanitation market.

This case study showcases Waste Capital Partners' commitment to employ 10,000 formerly independent waste pickers in India as collectors, composters and recyclers; tripling their income and offsetting 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide by 2017. It outlines the commitment strategy, how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This case study focuses on the inclusive business model of Manila Water Company, Para Sa Barangay (TPSB), or Water for Poor Communities. The TPSB model creates partnerships with local government units (LGUs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) to actively include communities themselves in the design and implementation of water supply systems .The case describes the inclusive business model, the company's commercial drivers, results achieved as well as IFC's role and value add.