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This database contains a diverse range of more than 2,000 publications about inclusive business and relating topics, such as impact investing, microfinance and market systems approaches. You will find not only reports but also market intelligence, case studies, tools and videos that touch upon of several sectors and regions.

The diverse range of publications in this database all relate to inclusive business - meaning business models that engage base of the pyramid (BoP) consumers, suppliers, entrepreneurs and/or employees in low income and/or emerging markets.

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In Ecuadorian cities in the mid-1990s pharmacies were plentiful, but they catered to middle and high-income customers, neglecting the urban poor. Against this backdrop, Corporación Grupo Fybeca S.A. (GPF), a pharmaceutical retailer, saw an opportunity to complement its high-end pharmacy chain, Fybeca, with a down market chain so that customers could access quality medicines at economical prices. In 2000, the retail company launched SanaSana — its first pharmacy for low-income customers.

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorN/A
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador
IB Topics:
No

Esta guía presenta una parte conceptual general sobre negocios inclusivos y proyectos público -privados y ofrece herramientas para su diseño y puesta en marcha. Se enfoca en las alianzas que tienen Negocios inclusivos y Proyectos Públicos Privados con productores que operan en los primeros eslabones de las cadenas agroalimentarias y empresas compradoras de dichos productos.

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorN. Barrionuevo, W. Demenus
LanguageSpanish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador
No

Este reporte de investigación describe y caracteriza de forma cualitativa y cuantitativa casos de negocios inclusivos impulsados por emprendimientos y pequeñas empresas, y a los actores que conforman el ecosistema de negocios inclusivos en Argentina (desarrolladores, incubadoras, inversionistas y organizaciones de apoyo)

Publisher
Publish Date
Author
LanguageSpanish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
No

This report illustrates the challenges and benefits of inclusive recycling. It provides a toolkit which facilitates the integration of gender into recycling projects, and an analysis of women's and men's access to control over and benefit from resources in the recycling sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. It offers practical tools for project design and implementation for project managers which allow to increase the access of poor women to the formal recycling market.

Publisher
Publish Date
Author
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru
No

Este documento presenta una recopilación de aprendizajes sobre aspectos asociados a las empreas sociales: financiamiento, proceso de gobierno, sistemas productivos inclusivos, distribución para el acceso, y el desafío de la medición de impacto.

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorCardenau. P
LanguageSpanish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
SectorHealth
No

Este documento, presentado como guía de aprendizaje, presenta el concepto de negocios inclusivos a través de la reseña breve de casos en América Latina, revisa sus elementos constitutivos y plantea el rol que juegan en la lucha contra la pobreza. Este es el primer capítulo de "Manual para el uso de herramientas que garanticen la innovación y la sostenibilidad de microemprendimiento exitosos con colectivos de población afrodescendiente con vulnerabilidad social"

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorO. Licandro
LanguageSpanish
Region/CountryGlobal, Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
IB Topics:
No

This case study reviews Floralp, an Ecuadorian gourmet dairy company, which started including small-scale producers in their value chain in 2003, unaware that in later years this initiative would be referred to as an inclusive business model. The study reviews the evolution of the initiative; the underlying business model; the impact and implications for scaling inclusive business.

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorS. Hai
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador
IB Topics:
No

This case study focuses on the inclusive business model of Moderna Alimentos S.A. (Moderna), a leading miller and marketer of wheat flour in Ecuador. Moderna provides nearly 6,000 small bakeries in Ecuador with the essential baking ingredients as well as extensive training sessions on the efficient usage of flour. The case describes the inclusive business model, the company's commercial drivers, results achieved as well as IFC's role and value add.

Publisher
Publish Date
Author
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador
IB Topics:
No

Este trabajo presenta el caso de éxito de la compañía Avon para lograr un modelo de negocio rentable con la base de la pirámide a través de un sistema de venta directa como canal de distribución.

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorM. Martínez
LanguageSpanish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
No

Este artículo se enfoca en las características de la base de la pirámide en Ecuador, revisa tres sectores donde se podrían desarrollar negocios considerando a este segmento como clientes: calentadores deportivos, vestidos de novia y cine.

Publisher
Publish Date
AuthorF. Noboa
LanguageSpanish
Region/CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador
IB Topics:
No