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Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) - Uzbekistan
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – Uzbekistan deploys technical, financial and humanitarian cooperation instruments in the five main thematic domains of health care reform, water management and disaster risk reduction, basic infrastructure, private sector development, and public...
Just how inclusive is ‘inclusive business’?
The growing effort to make markets work for the poor has seen the emergence of several initiatives and practices that claim to be more inclusive of smallholders and poor workers. But how far such initiatives genuinely reduce poverty and empower small-scale producers remains open for debate.
Inclusive Business: Creating Value in Latin America
The Alliance for Inclusive Business is a joint effort of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and SNV Netherlands Development Organization and has recently launched a report highlighting its joint work in Latin America over the past 4 years.
Indian Tales of Inclusive Business Models
An enlightening article on the Harvard Business Review website that provides case studies of business models in developing economies by four well-informed Indian scholars.
Accelerating Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals Through Inclusive Business Delivering Results: Moving Towards Scale
Report on an inclusive business dialogue held 21 September 2010 during the UN summit on the millennium development goals.
Inclusive Business at the Base of the Pyramid - an ADB project
The BoP-related ADB technical assistance (TA) project, first approved in 2008, aims to develop inclusive business ventures in six selected Asian countries and prepare them for project financing.
Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor - a UNDP report
Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor is the new and groundbreaking report launched on 1 July by the UN Development Programme.
Fanela
Fanela is a T-shirt printing and embroidered clothing company. It is a trade only supplier of promotional clothing and leisurewear. In addition to design, embroidering and screen printing services, Fanela has notable warehousing space (allowing the stockpiling of the leading names in high quality...
Northlands Park
Northlands Park is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit, community service organisation dedicated to making Edmonton and north central Alberta an even greater place to live and visit. It contributes to its community through the reinvestment of its revenues in the events and facilities it maintains....
World Vision - China
World Vision – China, a country office of World Vision International, helps the poor communities break away from poverty and achieve sustainable development through projects in partnership with government counterparts, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and local villagers....
International Organization of Employers (IOE)
The mission of the International Organization of Employers (IOE) is to promote and defend the interests of employers in international networks, particularly in the International Labour Organization (ILO), and to this end works to ensure that international labour and social policy promotes the...
United Nations Conference On Trade And Development (UNCTAD)
UNCTAD serves as an international agency dedicated to furthering international trade and fostering enterprise and economic development worldwide. It hires experts to help with international issues, attempts to alter public policy to bring about development, and offers technical aid. UNCTAD works...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common...
Women for Progress
Women for Progress focuses upon small business development, women's literacy programs, and education in family planning and childcare. The organisation also assists refugees, widows, female heads of households, and women with large families to develop home-based businesses and income generating...
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Comoros
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable...
Mercy Corps International - Tajikistan
Mercy Corps is an international humanitarian agency whose goal is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Believing that communities must be the agents of their own transformation for change to endure, Mercy Corps helps local...
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) - Tajikistan
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit international development agency. The organization works towards the vision of an economically dynamic, politically stable, intellectually vibrant, and culturally tolerant Tajikistan. Through its programmes in Tajikistan, the foundation is...
Odamiyat Association
Odamiyat Association assists the poor, disabled and elderly in Dushanbe, with a particular focus upon veterans. Odamiyat runs a medical clinic, food bank and social club for veterans and helps find employment opportunities for elderly veterans who need additional income to supplement their pensions.
Joint Christian Services International (JCS)
Joint Christian Services International (JCS), an association of Christian organisations, brings relief development and technical expertise to Mongolia. JCSI operates in the areas of agriculture, education, health and business development. JCSI works in partnership with Mongolian government...
Rafiki Foundation Inc.
Named after the Swahili word for "friend," Rafiki Foundation Inc. helps Africa’s orphaned and vulnerable children become contributors to their communities and the world. The Rafiki Villages provide living, educational, and medical facilities through Rafiki’s four programs: Childcare, Education,...