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Este estudio desarrolla una metodología para analizar e intervenir en el mercado de los pobre a través de la experiencia de Action Contre La Faim en Armenia y Azerbaiyán.

This paper explores the possibility of aligning the goals of poverty reduction and economic profit through the market based approach of the Base of the Pyramid. It shows business examples and new market opportunities.

Este estudio presenta un análisis general de la situación actual de la cadena de valor del biodiésel en El Salvador. Se enfoca en mostrar la historia de la cadena, los actores principales alrededor de la misma, el análisis del entorno, una descripción del mercado, las relaciones entre los actores más importantes y la rentabilidade la cadena. Dicho estudio se aplica por igual para el higuerillo, tempate o piñón. No incluye a aceite de palma.

This book outlines the emerging agendas for developing new, sustainable models of social sector excellence and systemic impact. It offers a wide-ranging selection of work from leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners; and it clarifies some of the ambiguity around the term social entrepreneurship, establishing a clear set of frameworks with which to understand it.

This paper served as a guide for a working group at the Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum held in Nanjing in November 2008. The working group addressed themes of Urban Governance and Bottom of the Pyramid Approaches for Urban Sustainability. It provides background information about Prahalad's base of the pyramid concept and ist relating approaches. It furthermore outlines implications of the BoP approach for the private sector.

This second edition of the BoP Protocol provides a succinct guide to how to co-create BoP enterprises on the ground with local community members engaged as partners and colleagues rather than just consumers or producers.

This guide provides concepts and tools for working with actors along the entire value chain so that modern markets can be more inclusive of small-scale producers and entrepreneurs. It explains the drivers of change in modern agri-food markets, provides a framework for analysing how institutions and policies shape the risks and opportunities for small-scale producers and entrepreneurs, shows how to design multi-stakeholder processes that help actors from along the chain work together to realise common interests and secure domestic and regional markets inclusive of small-scale producers and entrepreneurs and offers practical ideas for facilitating workshops and policy dialogues

Esta publicación presenta el caso de estudio de la conformación de una cadena de valor agro-industrial de jugos inclusiva en Paraguay. Se explican antecedentes, metodología, resultados, hallazgos y recomendaciones para replicar.

This field guide on social intrapreneurship outlines the characteristics, habits, and approaches of a 'social intrapreneur' - someone who works inside major corporations or organisations to develop and promote practical solutions to social/environmental challenges where progress is currently stalled by market failures. It discusses the challenges and opportunities and draws on in-depth research from twenty leading global corporations.

This report details the ADB's strategic framework for its operations to 2020. It reaffirms ADB's vision of an Asia and Pacific free of poverty and its mission to help developing member countries improve the living conditions and quality of life of their people. 'Strategy 2020' identifies the drivers of change which shape its operations, such as developing the private sector, encouraging good governance, supporting gender equity, helping developing countries gain knowledge, and expanding the ADB's partnerships.