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Cargill and CARE’s 50-year partnership offers insights and lessons for anyone looking to build an effective and long- term partnership. This Briefing Paper describes how the partnership has evolved from a primarily philanthropic relationship to one that, especially over the past 10 years, has genuinely drawn on the capabilities, skills and resources of the two partners.

Luminus Education is committed to transforming technical and vocational education (TVET) in Jordan and advancing the Education 4 Employment philosophy. Based in the region with the highest youth unemployment rate in the world, Luminus offers high-quality, market-oriented programs and recognizes that equipping Jordanian youth with vocational skills is important for both economic and security reasons. 

Xi’an Eurasia University provides high-quality, employment-focused private education in Shaanxi, China and is changing the perception of privately-run tertiary education in the country. With an education philosophy to maximize the employment potential of its students, Eurasia is committed to offering a combination of an applied curriculum and student-centred learning with hands-on industry experience. In 2016, 85 percent of students secured a job prior to graduation.

TechnoServe partnered with Citi Foundation to implement four pilot projects that aim to address unemployment among women and youth in Africa. This report analyzes the four projects, detailing the lessons learned from each.

This publication presents five in-depth case studies of inclusive businesses and identifies the common strategies these companies are employing to do business with people living at the base of the pyramid. Ranging in geographies and sectors (agriculture, education, financial services, and healthcare), each company has a unique path but their shared strategies provides insights that can spark innovation among future business entrepreneurs. The case studies are based on interviews with the companies’ founders, chief executive, and senior management.

This case study showcases the PUPA business, which joined the Business Call to Action with a commitment to provide early childhood educational programmes to hundreds of thousands of children between 0 and 6 years of age in low-income communities while creating employment opportunities for low-income women micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil. It outlines the company's goals, how the business model works, the business and development impacts, and the key success factors.

This case study showcases Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI, which joined the Business Call to Action with the commitment to develop the capacity of at least 500 low-income artisans in Cambodia, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan; focusing on women from post-conflict and transitional societies. It outlines how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.