Mekong Bamboo: Doing Business with the Poor

2011
Page count
30
pages
Description

This case study focuses on Mekong Bamboo (MB), a consortium led by Prosperity Initiative, a UK-based social enterprise which acts as a facilitation partner between raw-bamboo farmers, small bamboo processing workshops, larger industrial bamboo processing factories and businesses, and buyers. The concept of MB also includes the support of the government at local and national levels to create positive business and rural development environments. The report describes the market for bamboo in the region, the business model, the key actors and the results and presents a future outlook and a growth strategy.

Publish date
Authors
M. Kieu Nguyen
Language of publication
English
Region/Country
Region
East Asia and Pacific
Country
Vietnam