Economic Development

Economic Development Strategies to Combat Global Poverty

What Management Practices Bring Inclusive Business To Scale?

Join us for a live webinar discussion at 2 pm UK time to explore how we can tailor management practices to help bring inclusive
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Might Slowing Down Be the Best Way to Accelerate Change in Business?

I’ve often considered being the odd one out as something of a badge of honour, particularly in a business context. Any aspiring intrapreneur needs to be comfortable with breaking free from the herd, even if others think you’re a little bit crazy.
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How Tech Investments Can Help Smallholders in India

Inequality in income and availability of work between rural and urban areas are large contributors to a country’s overall economic inequality. In India, agriculture still employs more than half of the workforce, but wages are low and with rising education levels many young people no longer aspire to take over the family smallholder farm
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Buy Leadership, Sell Poverty – How Finance Can Boost Value in Agricultural Supply Chains 

Financial access and inclusion continue to be sold to farming communities in the world’s leading supply chains at the very price of poverty. How do we reduce this toxic trade-off, why is it taking so long and how does it impact the planet’s future? Tasneem Mayet, BFP Ambassador, shares insights from conversations had at #BFPOXFORD, closing with some examples of what has worked well in the industry and yet why it is not enough.​
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What Difference Can a Multinational Make? With the Right Management Practices in Place, a Lot.

The potential for multinational companies to tackle global issues such as poverty, climate change and gender inequality is immense. With their reach, they have the ability to transform low income markets through innovative business approaches and help lift millions – even billions – out of poverty. Inclusive business is one such model, but numerous internal barriers are preventing multinationals from adopting or scaling this approach.
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Businesses Share Employment Practices to Eradicate Poverty

On International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, global businesses collaborate to launch a new toolkit, Reducing Poverty through Employment. Members of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition (GISC) share best practices for how to employ, empower, and improve the advancement prospects of those living in poverty, as a part of their direct and indirect workforces.​
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How Can International Donors Help Businesses Scale their Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how can international donors help businesses scale their contribution to
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5 Reflections on How International Donors Help Businesses Scale their Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

The scale and complexity of the challenges ahead of us require a new ambition for how we collaborate across traditional divides. At Business Fights Poverty NYC 2019, we brought together experts and practitioners from business and the international development community for a roundtable discussion about how we can partner more effectively to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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How Can Business Accelerate Career Opportunity for Entry-Level Workers to Ensure the Future of Work is Strong and Inclusive?​

Business Fights Poverty is partnering with Walmart on a recently-launched Challenge which asks how business can accelerate the upward mobility of entry-level workers in the future of work. ​
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How to Take Donor Partnerships with Business to the Next Level of Scale and Impact?

Business Fights Poverty is partnering with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on a recently-launched Challenge which asks what more can international donors do to increase business’ contribution to the SDGs?
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In Memoriam: Tribute to Paul Polak – Market-Based Development Pioneer 1933 – 2019

On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we remember the life and impact of Paul Polak, Market-Based Development Pioneer, who sadly passed away on 12 October.
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How Can Companies and Investors Collaborate to Embed Purpose Authentically into Business?

As part of our Challenge on Purpose supported by GSK, VISA and Unilever, Business Fights Poverty convened a meeting of around 30 representatives from companies, financial institutions, NGOs and development institutions to discuss this pertinent topic.
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How Can We Better Support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Large Company Value Chains Through an Ecosystems Approach?

During Business Fights Poverty NYC, expert insights were shared contributing towards a Challenge to find out how business can take an ecosystems approach to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in their extended value chains.
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Naureen Hyat

During this week’s Spotlight interview podcast, we speak with Naureen Hyat. Naureen is a serial entrepreneur ranked on the Women in FinTech Powerlist 2017.
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A Conversation on The Future of Work at the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit

To mark the launch of a new Challenge supported by Walmart on the Future of Work, Enrique Ostalé, Regional CEO of UK, Latin America and Africa at Walmart International, and Zahid Torres-Rahman, Founder and CEO of Business Fights Poverty joined Brad Staples, CEO of APCO at Concordia’s 2019 Annual Summit, to speak about International Future of Work Trends.
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Watch the Videos: Business Fights Poverty NYC 2019

On 23rd September, over 150 individuals from business, civil society and government came together for Business Fights Poverty NYC 2019 to explore the theme of rethinking collaboration for the SDGs. Watch the videos of the plenary sessions, by our film partner Be Inspired Films.
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Focus on Dirty Legacy Sectors to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Over the past 15 years, corporate leaders, investors, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated that, with the use of innovative business models, profit can be aligned with social and environmental progress. A departure from the “band-aid” corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches of the 1990s, these strategies involve fundamental changes to business practices, including alterations to core products and services.
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Can We Really Take Big Business Seriously When it Comes to the SDGs?​

It was during a Business in the Community event in the summer of 2006 that I first met Carol Monoyios, CARE UK’s Marketing Director, and responsible (in part, at least) for the fact that I spent the next 13 years working for CARE International.
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Systems Leadership Can Change the World – But What Exactly Is It?

As world leaders and activists gathered in New York last month to address the climate crisis and the faltering rate of progress toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the calls for systemic change are getting ever louder. Systems change is an inspiring goal – but how can we achieve it?
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To Change the World, Business Must Share its Profits and Power

This year’s UN General Assembly is finally here, and pledges to once again achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have already begun. Much of this activity is focused on the private sector, a key actor in delivering on these ambitious goals. Even though we have moved into an era of business coalitions and actions for good—with a new initiative literally being created on a daily basis—economic inequality continues to rise, the climate crisis is worsening, and gender equality is far from a reality.
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