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This brief focuses on a delegated management model developed in Kumasi (Ghana), where a WSUP-facilitated partnership is playing a key role in expanding the provision of clean, affordable water and improved public toilet facilities in the low-income district of Kotei. The brief explores the nature of the model, the contractual arrangements, and the central role of the community management committee.

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.

This comprehensive report reviews patterns in innovation at the base of the pyramid based on research from 26 organisations in Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, from acquiring, applying and sustaining innovations to engaging low income communities and sectors. The second half of the report focuses on specific sector innovations including health, water and sanitation, ICT and business, energy, agriculture and food and climate change.

This paper examines the impacts and implications of mobile water payments in East Africa. It is based on interviews with managers from water service providers across four countries and analysis of a household survey and billing data from a water supply scheme in Kenya. The study quantifies the impacts of mobile water payments and reveals the factors that drive and curtail customer adoption.

Este documento, presentado como guía de aprendizaje, presenta el concepto de negocios inclusivos a través de la reseña breve de casos en América Latina, revisa sus elementos constitutivos y plantea el rol que juegan en la lucha contra la pobreza. Este es el primer capítulo de "Manual para el uso de herramientas que garanticen la innovación y la sostenibilidad de microemprendimiento exitosos con colectivos de población afrodescendiente con vulnerabilidad social"

This study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by schoolgirls in Uganda in managing menstrual hygiene and investigates the extent to which low-cost sanitary pads are part of the solution. The research focuses around two small scale low-cost sanitary pad businesses in Uganda, namely Afripads and Makapads.

This report presents 14 founders of Inclusive Businesses in different countries /regions of the world. The reader gets an insight into the specific business concepts as well as into their personal history and motives of the entrepreneurs.

The paper examines the importance of Informal Service Providers (ISPs) for water service delivery in urban centres in Tanzania. The objective of the study is to provide detailed information on the water and sanitation situation in low-income areas to relevant water sector institutions to allow for better targeting of funds, to make informed decisions on infrastructure development and, for the regulatory authority, to develop adequate regulatory and monitoring approaches.

This case study focuses on the inclusive business model of Sociedad de Acueducto, Alcantarillado y Aseo de Barranquilla (AAA), a Colombian provider of water, sanitation, and solid waste management services. The company has set up innovative payment solutions for low-income customers without bank accounts. The case describes the inclusive business model, the company's commercial drivers, results achieved as well as IFC's role and value add.