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This case study looks at SABMiller’s initiative “4e, Camino al Progreso” which aims to improve the quality of life of the “tenderos” (community references and opinion leaders) by offering business training and outreach to 'tender' communities. It describes the company's “4e methodology” strategy which has 4 stages and 3 components where FUNDES carries out the training for Tenderos in six countries; and it outlines the results and lessons learned from the programme.

Some banks have started to develop partnerships with commercial outlets, such as shops or pharmacies, who provide a set of financial services on behalf of the bank. This model has been particularly successful in Brazil, where the number of bank branches remained stable from 2002 to 2011, but the number of banking correspondents experienced a 19 per cent annual growth rate. Find out about Bradesco’s experience using its extensive network of almost 47,000 banking correspondents to sell personal accident and funeral insurance.

In the past decade, some insurance associations have expanded beyond their traditional core functions to develop insurance consumer education (ICE) programmes. While the motivations for doing so are diverse, ICE programs ultimately aim to improve the perception, and spread the culture, of insurance.

Microinsurance Paper #34 discusses the different approaches available to insurance associations in Latin America to effectively deliver ICE. Emphasis is placed on a business model for associations, while providing key general lessons and links to useful reference material. The discussion is based on a review of the experiences of insurance associations in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. 

This case study showcases Patrimonio Hoy, a subsidiary of the multinational Mexican cement manufacturer CEMEX, which joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to strengthening its inclusive business providing integral housing solutions for low-income families. It outlines the company's commitment strategy, how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This case study showcases the CEMEX' Assisted Self-Construction Integrated Program (Programa Integral de Autoconstrucción Asistida or PiAC) that is committed to enhancing low-income families’ capacities for attaining safe and affordable housing in Mexico. It outlines the cement manufacturers commitment strategy, how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This video shows an overview of how VECO supports horticulture farmers in Intibuca, Honduras and how they have increased their income working to deliver products to Walmart.

Increasingly insurance is being seen as a way to protect low-income people against the worst effects of catastrophes, such as the storms, floods and earthquakes which are regular and devastating for poor Haitians. Yet a chasm exists between the world of multinational reinsurers and the daily life of Haiti’s most vulnerable. Find out how Fonkoze, Haiti’s largest microfinance institution, was able to bridge this gap.

This article is a result of the project on "Private Sector Promotion through Value Chain and Cluster Strengthening in CARIFORUM of "Compete Caribbean", the IDB, the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness (CCfC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the CARICOM Secretariat. With the help of a value chain methodology, the article analyses the private sector environment, strengths, needs, barriers to growths and further challenges of the ecotourism industry in the Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. It provides the reader with a roadmap on how to overcome these challenges and on how to increase collaboration in the tourism sector.

Este documento presenta el caso de estudio de Compartamos con Colombia y su labor orientada a la erradicación de la pobreza en el país dentro del ecosistema de innovación social. Así mismo se exponen las claves del éxito de esta intervención.

This report highlights innovative public-private partnerships (iPPPs) in which the state, private firms and civil society organizations have identified opportunities for the design and implementation of new forms of collaboration to respond to critical development challenges in the areas of social, human and sustainable development. It provides case studies covering a variety areas including education, health, sustainable development, climate change, access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies, post-disaster prevention and reconstruction, and gender equality.