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In 2015, the ADB engaged Inclusive Business Sweden to prepare this sector study on IB models in the value chain of the textile and clothing industry in Asia, focusing on Bangladesh and Myanmar. The study focussed on mapping opportunities for developing inclusive business models across supply chains in Asia as possible new and innovative investment opportunities for leading Swedish and other international and local companies in the sector. 11 broad opportunities were identified in Bangladesh and 8 in Myanmar. Within each of the two countries, two opportunities were prioritised which were considered to be commercially viable and scalable with a great potential for positive impact. 

This report is the compilation of Banking on Change's learning and experience of working with young people, along with feedback from a consultation conducted with peer NGOs and the findings from a piece of independent primary research conducted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), into a Youth Savings Group Model to share best practice guidance for practitioners setting up sustainable youth savings groups.

This report covers the basis principles of the inclusive market development approach, its role in poverty reduction, and its application in three sectors: fishers, vegetables and agricultural inputs such as seed and fertilizer.

This paper describes how the household solar market in Sub-Saharan Africa has grown to date, its current status and possible future trends. It seeks to understand how universal access to electricity in the region could be achieved through solar household systems. Universal access in this context means every person having access to at least one basic, entry-level solar light.

This report is the first in a series on crowdfunding for energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This report reveals how crowdfunding for energy access is a niche market segment, with only $3.4 million raised for individuals, charities, NGOs and social enterprises in Africa and Asia in 2015.

This report contains a comprehensive analysis of Africa's entrepreneurial ecosystem and discusses challenges and opportunities that African start-ups face along the agricultural value chain.

This article finds that current employment associated with fuel-based lighting represents approximately 150,000 jobs. New jobs will accompany the replacement technologies. A survey of major solar-LED lighting companies finds that 38 such jobs are created for each 10,000 people living off-grid for whom stand-alone solar-LED lights are suitable. Applying this metric, the number of new jobs already created from the current uptake of solar-LED lighting has matched that of fuel-based lighting and foreshadows the potential creation of 2 million new jobs to fully serve the 112 million households globally that currently lack electricity access, are unlikely to be connected to the major grid, micro-grids, or are able to afford more extensive solar systems.

The report contains the first-ever snapshot of the global off-grid appliance market, and includes information on key market trends in three of the most important and promising appliance categories: fans, televisions, and refrigerators. The report presents a data-driven analysis of the current and potential scale of the global off-grid appliance market, as well as a discussion of barriers to the development of this market. It draws on input provided by a wide range of market stakeholders, from manufacturers and industry representatives to technical experts, policymakers, and other researchers.

This data brief provides insigths on the mobility of entrepreneurs, specifically mobility of entrepreneurs working in developed versus developing markets using data from the Entrepreneurship Database Program. The data used in this analysis come from 55 programmes run between 2013 and 2015.