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This database contains a diverse range of more than 2,000 publications about inclusive business and relating topics, such as impact investing, microfinance and market systems approaches. You will find not only reports but also market intelligence, case studies, tools and videos that touch upon of several sectors and regions.

The diverse range of publications in this database all relate to inclusive business - meaning business models that engage base of the pyramid (BoP) consumers, suppliers, entrepreneurs and/or employees in low income and/or emerging markets.

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The Bhungroo system helps smallholder farmers harvest rainwater throughout the monsoon season so they can use it during the dry season. This report details monitoring and evaluation of the recent installation of 52 Bhungroo systems among the poorest smallholder farmers of Harij in Gujarat’s Patan district.

PublisherSecuring Water for Food (SWFF)
Publish Date
AuthorN. Orentlicher
LanguageEnglish
No

This Policy Brief summarises a literature review that explored the costs of various sanitation technologies.

PublisherWSUP
Publish Date
Author
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountrySouth Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya
IB Topics: BoP as customer
No

Sanitation businesses can improve services for all urban residents – including the poorest – but this requires carefully designed pricing strategies and measures to reduce risk.

This publication outlines WSUP’s approach to incentivising the private sector to target low-income customers, and how this is being applied to achieve commercial viability, affordability and equity of FSM service provision in Bangladesh.

PublisherWSUP
Publish Date
AuthorR. Renouf, S. Drabble
LanguageEnglish
Region/CountrySouth Asia
Bangladesh
IB Topics: BoP as customer
No