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This report aims to independently assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the current Enterprise Challenge Fund 'ECF' pilot programme and advise on how this could be enhanced. It also critically assess the merits of a second phase of ECF funding.

This document provides results from a survey which examined whether and how environmental, social, and governance programmes create value and how much value they create. It investigates which metrics are the best indicators of value and how they can be communicated most effectively. Respondents include investment professionals, institutional investors, and corporate social responsibility professionals.

Esta guía describe la perspectiva y enfoque de SNV Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo en torno a los negocios inclusivos, y expone un modelo de 4 fases para la creación de negocios inclusivos. La guía otorga recomendaciones para el acercamiento y comprensión del mercado de la base de la pirámide.

This report explains Oxfam's Poverty Footprint Methodology which helps companies to understand how their operations affect the people in their value chains and the communities and countries in which they operate. It discusses five questions; Why analyse business impacts on society? What is a Poverty Footprint? What does a Poverty Footprint examine? What does a Poverty Footprint offer? What does a Poverty Footprint reveal?

This toolbox looks at the process of building and managing a sustainable venture reviewing: where the opportunities are to create value by meeting needs better and more efficiently; what factors determine the success of the venture; and what the costs and benefits are of the venture for the business, society and the environment. It provides guidance and frameworks to systematically address each of these questions.

This guide aims to show organisations and institutions how to make better decisions using Social Return on Investment (SROI) principles. It offers a framework for measuring and accounting for a much broader concept of value which seeks to reduce inequality and environmental degradation, and improve wellbeing by incorporating social, environmental and economic costs and benefits.

This study provides findings from an econometric analysis on the impact of mobile telephony in India, which aimed to inform policy-making in the sector. It looks at the impact of mobiles on agricultural productivity; discusses a survey conducted on the usage of mobile in poor urban areas; as well as the impact of mobiles in the SME sector.

Este estudio desarrolla el concepto y describe a la población de la base de la pirámide, y presenta una metodología para evaluar el impacto de los negocios inclusivos. Para ejemplificar, esta metodologia se aplica en casos de Unilever, Fundación Microfinanzas Banco BBVA y BSH Hausgeräte GmbH.

This article presents an Impact Assessment Framework for ventures at the base of the pyramid. It shows through ventures VisionSpring and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, how this framework makes it possible to measure the efficacy of ventures in affecting the well-being of its constituencies in three dimensions: their economic situation, their capabilities, and their relationships.

This paper reviews social impact measurement methodologies and proposes the effective social valuation method for sustainable social enterprises (SEs) in Asia. It examines the pressures, demands and opportunities of the ecosystem within which Asian SEs operate and discusses the key areas in which capacity building for SEs is needed.