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The aim of Research Paper #5 was to extend analysis on a randomized evaluation of voluntary health insurance in Managua, Nicaragua. The paper presents evidence that this insurance product did not increase wasteful consumption: children who were insured but not sick at the beginning of the study reported fewer visits to all providers than those who were uninsured but not sick. Importantly, this insurance product did result in some targeting towards less healthy children, as those who were sick at the beginning of the study reported significantly more visits to all providers, including covered providers. The researchers also present retention results where they find that only 6 percent of those insured were retained 18 months after subsidies were no longer available. Lastly, they present some descriptive statistics of diagnoses at health centres and costs to discuss the implications of the main burdens of disease.

Este libro recopila las experiencias, presentaciones y casos del Simposio de Cadenas Productivas y Desarrollo Económico Rural en Latinoamérica. Se enfoca principalmente en una parte conceptual para el fomento de cadenas, expone estrategias para fomentar las cadenas, y presenta cuatro casos de éxito de programas de la región relacionadas al tema.

This report includes a set of 31 case studies on IFC’s portfolio companies with inclusive business models. The presented companies are profitably providing goods, services, and livelihood opportunities to the Base of the Pyramid. In the case studies the reader gets an insight in the specific background of the companies, the business models as well as drivers for the specific business models and results of the latter.

Este estudio presenta el perfil de los consumidores de la base de la pirámide de Venezuela.

Este documento desarrolla las actividades relacionadas con la cadena de valor en el sector de turismo, su relación con el crecimiento y pobreza, además que expone las experiencias de México y Brasil en el desarrollo de un mercado interno productivo en turismo.

El video presenta la red de Aprocultivos Cenfopar-Arariwa, una iniciativa peruana de negocios inclusivos en el sector agropecuario. La asociación de agricultores se centra en la producción y comercialización de papas nativas.

This case study analyses the impact of internet banking on the performance of micro and small enterprises in Costa Rica in terms of productivity, increase in sales and cost reduction. In this context the user behaviour of SMEs and their obstacles for the use of the internet for sales and purchasing is also observed.

Este breve documento presenta los antecedentes, marco y metodología de evaluacion del programa de Oportunidades para la Mayoría del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.

The report adopts the 'poverty footprint' methodology created by Oxfam which looks across value chains to provide a comprehensive understanding of how companies are impacting sustainable livelihoods, health and well-being, diversity and gender, empowerment, and security and stability, and all key dimensions of poverty. It details the positive impacts that Coca Cola and SABMiller are having in Zambia and El Salvador which includes job creation, the development of entrepreneurial skills and technical training.

This case study focuses on the inclusive business model of Moderna Alimentos S.A. (Moderna), a leading miller and marketer of wheat flour in Ecuador. Moderna provides nearly 6,000 small bakeries in Ecuador with the essential baking ingredients as well as extensive training sessions on the efficient usage of flour. The case describes the inclusive business model, the company's commercial drivers, results achieved as well as IFC's role and value add.