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This case study showcases multi-national company, Cadbury, which joined the Business Call to Action with commitments to the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership which encourages the development of thriving cocoa communities in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. It outlines the partnership goals which include addressing the key issues affecting the cocoa sector e.g. child labour; and it discusses how the business model works; the business and development impacts to date; and the key success factors.

This paper discusses Microsoft’s experience of, and lessons to be learned from using cross-sector partnering approaches to support digital learning, and improving literacy and educational achievement across the world.

Este libro desarrolla ampliamente la relación entre los mercados y los pobres a través de la presentación de 33 iniciativas, de empresas de todo tamaño y de emprendedores sociales que realizan negocios para servir a los sectores de bajos ingresos en Iberoamérica. Los casos analizados incluyen distintos roles de las comunidades de bajos ingresos (productores, distribuidores, clientes, líderes del negocio) y corresponden a experiencias servicios públicos, reciclaje y agricultura.

This handbook provides a programmatic approach to designing, implementing and overseeing interventions using the Inclusive Markets Development (IMD) approach. The approach recognises that different interventions are required at different places and times in order to ensure that markets function more effectively for the poor. The defining factor, however, is that the IMD approach seeks to strengthen the whole market system where needed – enterprises, business relationships, market structures or the business environment.

This report explores the National Beverage Company (NBC), the local Coca-Cola bottler in the West Bank and Gaza. It discusses the company's experience in contributing to the local economy by generating local investment and income, creating jobs and investing in human capital, producing safe and affordable products, supporting local small enterprise development, implementing international business standards and technology, and sustaining operations in a conflict-affected area.

This paper presents ways to increase the number and diversity of inventors, building an innovation engine and examines pathways necessary to scale. It emphasizes the importance of business model innovation and social enterprise investment to extend the benefits of the innovation engine and concludes with thoughts on the role of governments, philanthropists, NGOs and the private sector in implementing this new approach to development.

This report examines efforts by large firms to encourage entrepreneurship in the Middle East and Southeast Asia; it provide examples that aim to stimulate conversation on corporate contributions to support entrepreneurship, and offer recommendations for deepening ties in this area between businesses, foundations and social entrepreneurs.

Este libro presenta un estudio detallado de ocho organizaciones españolas cuya actividad busca la creación de empleo sostenible para personas marginadas en el mercado de trabajo.

This short documents provides a collection of tools for businesses exploring inclusive business opportunities; it includes a planning and obstacles to inclusivity framework and explains how partnership can help to overcome common obstacles companies face.

This report examines how business driven partnerships are addressing Africa’s development challenges in new and innovative ways. It reviews four challenge areas: (1) enterprise development, (2) regional integration and trade, (3) human development, and (4) environmental sustainability and discusses ways companies can contribute through core business activity, social investment, and public policy dialogue.