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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the behaviours, economics, and business models of financially-sustainable enterprises that address the challenges of global poverty with successful market-based solutions. It describes seven successful business models and details the lessons learned on commercial viability, route to scale, and it concludes with recommendations on the role that commercial and impact investors, donors and philanthropic actors can play.

This report documents discussions and findings from a three-day workshop in Jaipur which focused on opportunities to enable access to markets at the base of the pyramid. It examines challenges in forming business linkages across three areas: 'operational', 'reputation and relationship management', and 'systemic challenges, examples and solutions' and summarises patterns of solutions for successful linkages.

This paper discusses the role of the private sector in poverty reduction by offering ideas and insights into topical poverty issues and what they mean for business. It outlines the ways in which businesses can engage with Oxfam, and how developing a stronger understanding of development issues can help businesses.

This report presents the results of the first phase of a multi-year programme to examine the role of public-private partnerships in education. It examines five ways through which public-private contracts can help countries meet education goals and it reviews the conceptual underpinnings for why such partnerships might contribute to achieving a country’s education goals, reviews empirical evidence, also offering some guidelines for operations.

This report reviews the growth of coalitions between the public, private and non-profit players in tackling developmental challenges. It explores what works and what doesn’t, and it assesses the relative merits of public sector and market-driven approaches. It identifies and discusses three waves of change in an NGO’s evolution: 'foundation', 'transformation', and 'collaboration'; and it outlines good practices from case examples of NGOs .

The toolbook focuses on the exit aspects of a partnership; a part of the cycle often unplanned or mishandled. It also looks at the the indications of success that can be associated with exits; achieving goals and reaching conclusions and focuses on partnership brokering that essential intermediary function that enables partners to work well together and ensure the maximum effectiveness of their partnership.