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With the support of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, this report seeks to do this by examining the legal framework that provides the foundation for progress and future growth, the key actors and their roles within the supply chain, and the best opportunities to invest in the growth and formalization of enterprises operating in the recycled waste sector in Peru. The conclusion of this report identifies significant opportunity to transform the waste management sector in Peru by engaging key actors who are well-positioned to strengthen the recycling and waste management sector as a whole while expanding new market and microenterprise opportunities. 

This report assesses the extent to which inclusive business models promote women's economic empowerment in Asia and Latin America. It looks at Inclusive businesses that involve women in their value chain and provide specific services that help low-income women.

Este publicacion analiza la experiencia de Bonafont a fin de identificar elementos y aprendizajes que la hacen potencialmente replicable en otras compañías de países emergentes. Es una guía para empresas que busquen desarrollar, fortalecer y/o replicar sus modelos de negocios inclusivos basados en el reciclaje y en el cierre de ciclo de vida de los residuos.

Este informe presenta datos generales y específicos sobre la población de la base de la pirámide en México y : el consumo promedio en los hogares de la base de la pirámide, el gasto en educación, ingresos, salud, tecnologías de la información y comunicación, vivienda y servicios financieros.

Esta investigación presenta casos en Guatemala, Bolivia, Perú, y Sudáfrica en los que se construyeron alianzas que desarrollaron formar innovadoras en la prestación de servicios básicos a las personas de la base de la pirámide.

This case study focuses on the inclusive business model of AEGEA Saneamento e Participações S.A. (AEGEA), a large private sector provider of water and sanitation services in Brazil. AGEA's social tariff programme grants a 50% discount on regular rates to low-income customers. The case describes the inclusive business model, the company's commercial drivers, results achieved as well as IFC's role and value add.

This operational guide aims at assisting practitioners and decision-makers engaged in the preparation and implementation of inclusion plans for informal recyclers working at final disposal sites. The key question addressed by this Guide is how to work with informal recyclers and other actors in the development of viable and sustainable solutions that allow informal recyclers affected by solid waste projects, such as the construction, rehabilitation or closure of final disposal sites, to maintain or increase their incomes in improved working conditions. The report in this context gives recommendations for the different phases Pre-preparation-, Preparation and Implementation.

This report illustrates the challenges and benefits of inclusive recycling. It provides a toolkit which facilitates the integration of gender into recycling projects, and an analysis of women's and men's access to control over and benefit from resources in the recycling sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. It offers practical tools for project design and implementation for project managers which allow to increase the access of poor women to the formal recycling market.