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This case study focuses on L’Occitane’s involvement with the shea sector in Burkina Faso. The report explores the inclusive business model of L’Occitane, which includes the sourcing of shea butter from rural cooperatives and the provision of capacity development for the supplying communities. The study presents constraints and the solutions adopted by the company in Burkina Faso as well as its results, including economic, social and environmental impacts.

In this video interview, Carolyn Miles the president and CEO of Save the Children, shares her insights about the power of partnerships.

This study aims to deepen our understanding of the range of possibilities available for engaging the private sector in food security and improved nutrition at the Base of the Pyramid (“BoP”), be it via smallholders, entrepreneurs, or the actual consumers of food and food products. In this context five different business interventions for BoP ventures were identified that achieve social impact, financial sustainability and, potentially scale. Key challenges and lessons are presented with respect to barriers to growth, the scaling of processes, objectives and adequate business models. The study is based on the analysis of 16 cases and expert interviews.

Good partnerships have been identified as one of the key factors in the success of a microinsurance programme. Insurers often need to form partnerships with organizations that can serve as distribution channels to achieve scale. The number of multi-stakeholder partnerships in microinsurance is also growing, as governments and donors become active players. These partnerships are particularly difficult to manage as partners have distinct (sometimes conflicting) priorities and very different organizational cultures. Microinsurance Paper #15 analyses microinsurance partnerships and identifies key themes based on the experiences of various organizations. It provides a framework with which to analyse both new and existing partnerships, and provides recommendations and strategies to monitor and improve them.

Good partnerships have been identified as one of the key factors in the success of a microinsurance programme. Insurers often need to form partnerships with organizations that can serve as distribution channels to achieve scale. The number of multi-stakeholder partnerships in microinsurance is also growing, as governments and donors become active players. These partnerships are particularly difficult to manage as partners have distinct (sometimes conflicting) priorities and very different organizational cultures. Briefing Note #13 analyses microinsurance partnerships and identifies key themes based on the experiences of various organizations. It provides a framework with which to analyse both new and existing partnerships, and provides recommendations and strategies to monitor and improve them. 

This document provides a practical tool for poverty-oriented planning and reporting of development partnerships. It has been developed to assist partnership managers to understand the necessity and rationale for analysing poverty impacts and guide them through such an analysis. It contains examples on how to use the tool for the agriculture sector, the health sector and the green economy.

This report provides an overview of the portfolio of companies receiving support from the Innovations Against Poverty challenge fund. Analysis is based on 29 IAP grantee baseline reports and focuses on challenges faced by the businesses such as access to finance and creation of consumer demand, as well as expected commercial and development results and lessons learnt about donor support to inclusive business.

This report outlines the roadmap of the World Economic Forum to realizing a New Vision for Agriculture. It highlights the contributions the private sector can make to implementing sustainable agriculture systems globally.

This article describes how Bangladesh’s Rural Sales Program is moving towards a scalable rural sales agent model for distributing socially beneficial goods to the poor.

This case study focuses on the inclusive business model of Manila Water Company, Para Sa Barangay (TPSB), or Water for Poor Communities. The TPSB model creates partnerships with local government units (LGUs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) to actively include communities themselves in the design and implementation of water supply systems .The case describes the inclusive business model, the company's commercial drivers, results achieved as well as IFC's role and value add.