Economic Development

Economic Development Strategies to Combat Global Poverty

Supporting Business Solutions To Poverty

Over the past few decades, much progress has been made on a range of development challenges – including poverty reduction, preventable disease and access to education. Yet much remains to be done and the urgency of dealing with intractable, global problems that put these gains at risk has increased.
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Business Briefing on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

A new report from Oxfam looks at Why unpaid care by women and girls matters to business, and how companies can address it ​
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How can businesses foster an enabling environment that unlocks the potential of social intrapreneurs to drive commercial and social innovation?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to discuss creating conditions for social intrapreneurs to thrive. Taking place on
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How Can Businesses Foster an Enabling Environment that Unlocks the Potential of Social Intrapreneurs to Drive Commercial and Social Innovation?

Join us for a a live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how businesses can foster an enabling environment that unlocks the potential of social intrapreneurs to drive commercial and social innovation.
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Ivanka Trump Could Shape African Women’s Entrepreneurship

There were mixed views in February when U.S. “First Daughter” Ivanka Trump announced her Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative with US$50 million in start-up funds. Many were left to wonder: Is this a publicity stunt by the Trump administration, more of the usual one-size-fits-all U.S. foreign aid programs, or a real commitment to drive change?  
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Pakistani Businesses Need to Hire and Retain More Women to Flourish

Pakistan has made progress in boosting women’s education levels over the past several years—yet less than 8 percent of the country’s workforce are women. Closing that gap will represent a huge economic opportunity for our country.​
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​Plan for the Future

In our book “All In: The Future of Business Leadership”, we argue that business can no longer be hesitant or half-hearted about embedding sustainability.  They have to go “All In!”
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We Won’t Take This Lying Down: Women, Business and Equality in 2019

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women has launched a new organisational strategy with an ambition to empower 100,000 more women and girls to fulfil their potential as entrepreneurs in the next four years. But why is this focus important and what does the roadmap towards getting there look like? ​
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Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 – Last Chance to Register

Last chance to join GSK, Unilever, Visa plus CARE, Oxfam, WWF and many more at Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2019 on July 11th
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The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2019: Open for Applications Until 30 June

The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards, delivered by Unilever and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, support and celebrate inspirational young people from all over the world who have initiatives, products or services tackling some of the planet’s biggest sustainability challenges. ​
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Corporate/ Impact Enterprise Partnerships – Part 2 – Now for the Hard Part

In this, the second of two blogs, Jon Shepard draws together existing strands of thought on partnerships between large corporations and ‘impact enterprises’, and throw in their own experience from work with several corporate accelerator programmes.  Until recently, Jon led EY’s work with impact entrepreneurs in the emerging markets.
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The Best Kept Secret: The Role of Corporate Foundations in Building Sustainable Brands

In this blog, we argue why corporate foundations are the ideal partner for companies in building a truly sustainable brand. Find out what makes them a unique partner, what contributions they can have, and how you can leverage this partnership most strategically.
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Building Back Better in the Caribbean:  The Clinton Foundation and Partnerships for Change

At the Clinton Foundation, we believe that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. It’s this belief that led President Clinton to launch the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which convenes leaders through its Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery to support recovery and resiliency efforts in the Caribbean.
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Most Brands’ Support Of Causes Is Not Breaking Through To Gen Z

New study from DoSomething Strategic reveals disconnect between brands and their support of social causes in the minds of younger consumers. Savage x Fenty, Dove, and Love Beauty and Planet receive among the highest association between brand and cause.
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Why Large and Small Businesses Need to Collaborate to Compete in Complex Markets

Increasingly, large companies are realising that they need to collaborate closely with their SME supply chains to compete in global markets. But developing collaborative relationships with supply chains is not only compatible with success, it can also be a driver of it.
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In Benin, Young Entrepreneurs are Tackling the Plastic Problem

Through TechnoServe’s BeniBiz program, young entrepreneurs like Babatundé Oguidi are getting the training and technical advice they need to run successful micro-enterprises.
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To Boldly Go Where We’ve Not Been Before Doesn’t Need to be a Leap of Faith

Star Trek’s Chief of Logic (COL), Spock nailed it when he said that “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” If we are bold and if we act now to change our organisations and our systems we will help ensure that future generations do that other thing the pointy-eared one said and “Live long and prosper.” ​
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Business as Usual – Or Business with Purpose?

As we launch our new strategy, Laura Kelly, Director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, considers how the private sector can respond to development and environmental challenges – and how IIED can support business to deliver positive change.
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VIDEO: Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event – Cross-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Supply Chains

On 9 April, we co-hosted a Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event with Acumen, focused on Cross-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Supply Chains. The event brought together over 100 participants representing leading global corporations, innovative social enterprises, experts and intermediaries. Watch the videos of the plenary sessions.
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Corporate / Impact Enterprise Partnerships: Still Hard, Still Worth It.

In this, the first of two blogs, Jon Shepard draws together existing strands of thought on partnerships between large corporations and ‘impact enterprises’, and throws in recent experience from work with several corporate accelerator programmes.  Until recently, Jon led EY’s work with impact entrepreneurs in the emerging markets.
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What do we mean by "Economic Development"?

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