Publication database

This case study showcases alcoholic beverages company, SABMiller, which joined the Business Call to Action with an initiative to develop and improve local supply chains for barley, a key ingredient for the company’s products, in Rajasthan, India. It outlines the company's goals which include establishing centres throughout key barley-growing regions to provide farmers with certified seeds, agricultural skills training, and technical assistance; and it outlines how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This report aims to inform investors about the market potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural BoP market, by looking at its opportunities, challenges, and potential paths to growth. It overall picture of these growing clean energy sectors, rather providing investment advice on individual companies.

This case study focuses on Reuters Market Light (RML), which offers a highly customised and localised agricultural information service. Using a subscription economy model, RML provides information services such as weather forecasts, crop advisory, proximate market data and crop prices, and relevant policy and national and international news via mobile phone-based Short Message Service (SMS) primarily aimed at farmers. The report describes the context, the business model, constraints and solutions, important actors and results of the model.

This report by India’s Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (CDF-IFMR) and the World Resources Institute’s New Ventures Program, seeks to enhance the understanding of the investment potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural poor. The report showcases eleven companies selling innovative products and services to meet the energy needs of the rural poor. It also analyses both the market opportunities and the challenges to scale up within this industry and highlights the role of the government and of non-profits.

Asia's relentless demand for energy raises great concerns over energy security and combating climate change. As part of the solution, ADB is funding projects that help countries develop clean energy through renewable power and energy efficiency. This publication features 10 clean energy stories that reduce greenhouse gases as well as improve lives for the poor.

This case study showcases multi-national media company, Thomson Reuters, which joined the Business Call to Actionits initiative 'Reuters Market Light', a news and advisory service for farmers, that leverages the company’s core business to reduce poverty and hunger among India’s rural farmers and promote sustainable economic growth in the agricultural sector. It outlines how the initiative works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This brief reviews CARE's achievements in using market-based interventions to develop the crab value chain in traditional fishing communities in Tamil Nadu, India. It discusses lessons learned and results which included the provision of new employment opportunities in the crab farming sector; increased incomes and food security: and empowering marginalized women.

This case study provides an overview of Ziqitza Healthcare Limited. It reviews the demand for emergency medical services in India, and outlines the company's growth, partnerships, and journey to scale.

This article discusses how lesson plans created for affordable private schools 'APS' teachers form part of the support system that service providers offer the school as well as a strategic solution to many of the APS constraints.

This case study showcases Indian healthcare company, LifeSpring Hospitals, which joined the Business Call to Action with its commitment to expand access to affordable, high-quality maternal and child health care to low-income families throughout India. It outlines the company's goals which includes providing 82,000 women with high-quality maternity and reproductive health services, and it discusses how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.