Economic Development

Economic Development Strategies to Combat Global Poverty

Business Partnerships as a Force for Good

Business Partnerships for Global Goals (BP4GG) is a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office programme which invests in partnerships with businesses to test and scale shared value initiatives that support achieving the SDGs.
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Fighting COVID in Kenya: A New Blueprint for Rapid Collaboration?

Within days of the WHO declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, the National Business Compact on Coronavirus (NBCC) was launched. A year on, this report looks at the main lessons learned from collective action that occurred during the pandemic, and what makes some collaborative initiatives more successful than others.
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Business Fights Poverty Fortnightly Round-up

This round-up article looks back on the Rebuild Better Gender Summit 2021, and the wealth of resources available through our website to inspire and guide business action for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. It also highlights a new Insights Report that distills valuable lessons from Kenya’s National Business Compact on Coronavirus.
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Seminar Video: What can companies do to help unleash the power of women’s enterprises?

In this seminar video, Shiela Yabo, Business Strategist and Venture Builder, discusses the types of barriers particular to women entrepreneurs that they face when trying to access markets and funding, and what companies can do to help unleash the power of women enterprises.
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Supporting Women-owned Businesses in the Time of COVID-19

Women business owners have an insatiable desire to succeed, and there is a growing body of research that actually shows that women are better entrepreneurs then men. Whatever the reason, the result is that these women are lifting themselves and their families up out of poverty, and by doing so, providing employment and economic opportunity to others.
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Embroidered with empowerment, from mother to mother

Launching a social enterprise operating between the UK and Bangladesh during a global pandemic is a challenging endeavour. Read about the experience of Laura Rana, Founder of Khushi Kantha (‘Happy Blanket), it shows the power of taking action, as well as some of the challenges that Laura has encountered along the way.
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Cata Garcia

From industrial engineering in Colombia to communications director, sustainability leader and corporate foundation creator – our guest today is Cata Garcia. Cata, who is now based in New York, is the Global Director of Corporate Affairs with brewing giant AB InBev, and the Board Director of their Foundation.
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Andrew Dunnett

What does it take to scale and grow social innovations? And how does a mobile phone company come to be leading the way business can tackle gender-based violence. Andrew Dunnett, the Group Director of SDGs and Sustainable Business at Vodafone and the Director of their Vodafone Foundation explains all.
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Will you partner with us to help small businesses survive the pandemic, thrive in the aftermath, and build self-reliance?

While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unparalleled threat to the survival of small and start-up businesses, it has also brought opportunities for growth and scale. The Transform Survive & Thrive initiative is helping businesses build resilience and self-reliance. They are looking for partners – does your organisation have skills that could help?
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Two Unusual Low-Cost Chicken Feed Options for Some of the World’s Poorest Entrepreneurs

Heifer International and Cargill have partnered to improve nutrition and livelihoods for 100 million people worldwide by 2030 through Hatching Hope, a program supporting sustainable smallholder poultry farming that is currently operating in India, Mexico, Kenya, Colombia and Cambodia.
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In finance we trust

The recently released 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer startlingly reveals that business is the only trusted institution. And yet, the financial sector remains the lowest trusted sector for the tenth year in a row. Pratik Desai provides an insight into WBA’s recent report, which lays the groundwork for a new benchmark to assess financial institutions on their performance towards the SDGs.
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A Love Story Turned Passion Project

A love story turned passion project, this is an article about relationships. We see how a young couple have strived to build an ethical business founded on love. Chocolate and Love is a growing family business that supports equitable trade relationships for the purpose of driving social change from crop to consumer in the world of chocolate.
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Faced with the COVID-19 Pandemic, Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System

There was no way for small-scale farmers in Ecuador to anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago when they started diversifying the products they grew and mapping efficient paths to get them to hungry urban markets. But when the coronavirus hit the South American nation hard, these farmers found themselves well-prepared to keep homebound customers fed.
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Why we need to radically reimagine leadership to achieve gender equality.

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Uncovering Vulnerability Inspires Authentic Leadership

Executive coaching is typically a privilege offered only to the most valued business professionals. After 20 years of working her way into the C-suite, Jane Finette’s employer offered her that opportunity. The experience fundamentally changed the way Finette saw the world and the role she would play as a leader.
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Reflections on the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer: How business can play a key role in restoring trust

Earlier this month, the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reported that the pandemic has caused a crisis of public trust in our institutions. Its findings suggest a new mandate for business, which is now the most trusted institution, to play a key role in restoring trust and responding to social challenges.  
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2020 Hindsight to 2021 Foresight: Driving the Inclusive Digitization of MSMEs

In 2020, the modern economy became synonymous with the digital economy, and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth re-doubled efforts to help MSMEs survive and thrive. Here they share four guiding principles that they will be incorporating into their work in 2021 to help bring about an inclusive and sustainable digital economy that works for everyone, everywhere.
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Cat Tully

How do you predict, plan for and make the future you want become reality? Ask Cat Tully. Cat is the founder of the School of International Futures. During our podcast Cat explores with us what the future will be and how we can get there, providing practical guidance so that we can all get ready for the future we want.
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Inclusive businesses’ insights to staying resilient in times of crisis

Inspiring inclusive businesses have invested in their relationships with stakeholders, shared experiences and strengthened public-private partnerships to stay resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic and tackle the needs of low-income communities around the globe in times of crisis.
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The shifting expectations of business: aligning strategy, business model and culture with a sustainable purpose.

We find ourselves in the midst of a significant global transition. Policy makers around the world are directing trillions of dollars of public investment that will reshape the economy for decades to come in the aftermath of the pandemic. The pandemic has revealed, more than ever before, the highly interconnected nature of the global economy and its vulnerabilities.
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