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Este artículo realiza una análisis de la situación energética mundial para posteriormente desarrollar un análisis de los compromisos para erradicar la pobreza en la región Caribe colombiana, y finaliza proponiendo el biodigestor como un alternativa para el desarrollo a través del uso de tecnología limpia.

This report aims to inform investors about the market potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural BoP market, by looking at its opportunities, challenges, and potential paths to growth. It overall picture of these growing clean energy sectors, rather providing investment advice on individual companies.

Stories of Change is Ashoka’s electronic book series profiling stories of "changemakers in the Ashoka community", Fellows, Youth Venturers, staff and partners. In this report 22 social entrepreneurs from across the globe disclose what they hope or believe the world will look like in 2020, as well as what they will do to move in that direction.

The case study focuses on Toyola Energy Limited, a company that produces and distributes energy efficient charcoal stoves and solar lanterns for domestic users in the urban and rural parts of Ghana. Toyola's business model includes the poor along the whole value chain as suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and customers. The report describes the business model of Toyola, the constraints and solutions the company faces and challenges and opportunities for scaling up as well as lessons learned.

This report discusses four years of the WBCSD-SNV alliance's progress on implementing inclusive business ventures in ten countries within Latin America. The report highlights 11 case examples and three areas of work: raising awareness about inclusive business models, brokering of new opportunities and advocating for the improvement of framework conditions.

This report by India’s Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (CDF-IFMR) and the World Resources Institute’s New Ventures Program, seeks to enhance the understanding of the investment potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural poor. The report showcases eleven companies selling innovative products and services to meet the energy needs of the rural poor. It also analyses both the market opportunities and the challenges to scale up within this industry and highlights the role of the government and of non-profits.

Este reporte ofrece un amplio análisis del panorama de Colombia con respecto a los negocios inclusivos; presenta una mirada a las dinámicas empresariales del país y a las restricciones de mercado a las que se enfrentan los negocios inclusivos en Colombia. Presenta 13 casos de distintos sectores, analizando su matriz de intercambio de valor y sus estrategias de crecimiento.

Asia's relentless demand for energy raises great concerns over energy security and combating climate change. As part of the solution, ADB is funding projects that help countries develop clean energy through renewable power and energy efficiency. This publication features 10 clean energy stories that reduce greenhouse gases as well as improve lives for the poor.

This report focuses on key issue areas that need to be addressed to move the field of inclusive business forward. 14 different cases of companies which operate in a range of different countries and industry sectors are analysed and a first look provides a preliminary analysis of the drivers, results, and key elements these inclusive business models share.

This report points out five core challenges that companies face when implementing inclusive business models and shows exemplary solutions for these by using experiences from companies which are already active in Inclusive business. Besides it presents case studies of 14 companies with different inclusive business models in different regions of the world.