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Concern Worldwide US
Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international,...
Child Fund International
Child Fund International focuses its programs to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children living in poverty have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. The organization also promotes societies whose individuals...
International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP)
ILEAP’s launch was motivated by the realisation that developing countries needed to be able to better influence the terms on which they were engaging and integrating with the global economy. This view was quickly augmented with the further understanding that by better reflecting their interests in...
International Union of Economists (IUE)
The International Union of Economists (IUE) was founded in 1991 as a global network of economists, scientists and experts, public figures, bankers and businessmen. The main principles behind the IUE's activities are democracy, humanism and open dialogue. It contributes to economic and social...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Philippines
With 60 member countries, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. ADB’s principal tools are loans, guarantees, and technical assistance, which the bank provides mainly to member governments for...
World Bank - Zambia
The World Bank Group's mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank...
Towards More Coherent United Nations System Support To Africa
A number of reports with a regional focus on the Millennium Development Goals have been issued by the United Nations Regional Commissions.
Supply Chain Sustainability - A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement for Small and Medium Enterprises
This two-page guide offers baseline definitions and practical steps that SMEs can take toward effective management of the social, environmental and economic impacts of supply chains. More information can be found on the website of the United Nations Global Impact Office. The organisation offers...
Meeting the Challenge of Expanding Inclusive Business
Most people interested in inclusive business have heard the success stories: Coca-Cola has generated $550 million in additional revenues by integrating local entrepreneurs into their beverage distribution chain in markets across Africa. Vodafone – one of the world’s largest telecommunications firm...
Inclusive Business - a Seminar for Innovations Against Poverty
The term 'inclusive business' refers to profitable core business activity that also tangibly expands opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged in developing countries.
Launch of the Regional GIM Report, Business Solutions to Poverty – How inclusive business models create opportunities for all in Emerging Europe and Central Asia
The Regional GIM Report, Business Solutions to Poverty – How inclusive business models create opportunities for all in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, has been officially launched on 11 March 2011 by Helen Clark, the UNDP Administrator, and Kori Udovicki, Regional Director for UNDP Regional...
Inclusive Business in Latin America - Inclusive Business offers a 21st Century solution to the intractable problem of poverty in Latin America
Neil Ghosh, head of the Washington office for SNV, the Netherlands Development Organization, focuses on inclusive business models in Latin America in this article. It was published by the Latin Business Chronicle.
Inclusive Business Solutions: Expanding Opportunity and Access at the Base of the Pyramid
IFC’s new report, Inclusive Business Solutions: "Expanding Opportunity and Access at the Base of the Pyramid" outlines IFC's business solutions that are designed to facilitate new opportunities for innovation, growth and competitiveness at the base of the pyramid (BoP).
World Neighbours (Vecinos Mundiales)
World Neighbors is an international development organization striving to eliminate hunger, poverty, and disease in the most isolated areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America. World Neighbors invests in people and their communities by training and inspiring them to create their own life-changing...
Sherritt International Corporation
Sherritt International Corporation is a diversified natural resource company that produces nickel, cobalt, thermal coal, oil and gas, and electricity. The company’s corporate responsibility in Madagascar includes programs in local manpower training, HIV/AIDS awareness prevention campaign, community...
East Timor Women Australia (ETWA)
East Timor Women Australia (ETWA) is a volunteer organisation supporting women in the world’s poorest and newest democracy. ETWA aims to give East Timorese women the opportunity to make real the benefits of sustainable handcrafts enterprises. Through strategic projects, ETWA assists its partner...
Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance
Founded in 1985, the Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance is a non-profit organisation, which works cooperatively with villagers in Ouelessebougou and surrounding regions of Mali to promote sustainable development. Its projects include digging drinking wells, immunizing children, training village health...
TurtleWill
Founded in 1985, TurtleWill is a humanitarian organisation dedicated to the improvement of the lives of traditional peoples in Ethiopia, Mali and Niger through local projects consistent with their traditions and cultures. TurtleWill in Mali outfits remote hospital with medicines, medical supplies...
World Bank - Tajikistan
Tajikistan became a member of the World Bank and International Development Association (IDA) in 1993. The World Bank has been present in Tajikistan since 1996 and since then a total of more than US$ 630 million in commitments have been approved. The Tajik authorities remain strongly committed to...
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Maldives
FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Today, FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...