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This journal covers different topics of microfinance and microenterprises. It contains articles on sources of microfinance, best practices of microfinance institutes and on the role of the public sector and commercial banks in supporting micro entrepreneurs from the base of the pyramid. It highlights how the poor can access the markets with a special focus on public procurement markets, the development of associations and partnerships and on value chains and linkages.

Este documento desarrolla las dinámicas de las cadenas productivas de arroz, lácteos, madera, cacao y cerdos en la región del atlántico norte de Nicaragua. Así mismo desarrolla propuestas para mejorar el acceso de los pequeños productores a mercados locales, nacionales e internacionales.

Este documento presenta un mapeo de la base de la pirámide en 20 países de Latinoamerica, considerando cuestiones de ingreso y gastos.

Esta publicación desarrolla una guía para la gestión de emprendimientos sociales, abarcando temas de liderazgo, estrategia, cultura organizacional, recursos humanos, finanzas, estructura, relación con organismos gubernamentales y medición de impacto.

This factsheet provides data on the size, opportunity and scope of the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) market in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This publication is a collection of several articles which illustrate how to enhance the quality of life of the poor, how to enable all members of society to become productive economic agents, and how to include them in a more democratic society. It presents an overview of the current situation of poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, and discusses ways in which the market can help reduce them. It also provides recommendations and measures for both policy makers and actors of the private sector on how to integrate the poor as consumers, producer and supplier into the market and on how to overcome the challenges mentioned.

This guide describes the ‘what and why’ of more responsible or sustainable tourism, and provides practical tips on how to do it. It describes various approaches including: how to bring local producers into the supply chain; building links with local farmers; employing local staff; how to involve local people and products in tours, packages and excursions; and how to manage internal change for developing local linkages.

This presentation points out the inequality in many Brazilian states and gives an overview of measures and programmes of the Brazilian Federal Government. Further it gives a brief insight into different public private partnership projects.