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This brief summarises the experience of the Spier Hotel in South Africa which implemented strategies to bring local entrepreneurs into its supply chain. It demonstrates the substantial development impact that can be generated by localising procurement, and it provides practical tips on how to bring local micro and small enterprises into corporate supply chains.

Este documento presenta las lecciones aprendidas por el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola en el desarrollo rural enfocado en ejes de transformación productiva, gestión de proyectos y desarrollo institucional.

This report assesses links between tourist activity and the poor in the local economy in Ethiopia; it suggests a range of interventions to improve the poverty reducing impact of tourism; and provides suggestions as to how the emerging Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Development Project can be designed to most effectively support tourism that leads to poverty reduction in Ethiopia.

This report focuses on inclusive business models along the food value chain from agricultural production to food processing, retailing and consumption; it outlines innovative strategies that companies are using to do business in poor regions while improving incomes and food supplies in partnership with local communities. It details the design principles that companies and partners can use to guide new initiatives, and it recommends actions that all stakeholders can take to scale up effective models.

This case study reviews the 'Livestock Marketing and Enterprise Project' and 'Livestock Purchasing Fund' in Kenya, which aimed to create a responsible livestock marketing system that would integrate 5,000 pastoralists from the Carissa district of Kenya into the livestock markets in Nairobi and Mombasa, thereby improving pastoralist incomes. It discusses the enterprise's value chain and model; the challenges and successes; and details the strategy behind the Livestock Purchasing Fund.

This thesis reviews five elements needed by social enterprises working at the base of the pyramid in order to achieve scale and sustainability, drawing upon examples from the Philippine BOP retail market. It reviews and makes recommendations for BOP theory development and encourages further research into BOP consumer behaviour.

Este documento expone el proceso de sistematización realizado para el proyecto de desarrollo de una cadena de valor sostenible de biocombustibles. Se muestran los objetivos de dicha sistematización, la metodologia seguida, el contexto sobre el cual se realizó y se dan recomendaciones para la réplica y ampliación.

This article focuses on external financial institutions operating in Africa and Latin America that use innovative approaches to value chain finance to serve both small-scale rural producers, and the small and growing businesses that link them to urban and export markets.

This case looks at the banana producers of Manhiça in Mozambique, and discusses three key areas in the banana value chain needed to be solved: improvement of the quality of the produce, access to markets and access to financing. It reviews how SNV is working to solve these issues with 500 Manhiça small farmers; and it looks at the challenges and impacts.

This case study explores TechnoServe’s role in the revitalisation of the Mozambican cashew industry; it provides an overview of Mozambique's history with cashew production; the market opportunities, challenges, and in-depth discussion of the cashew industry.