Case Studies

Land Rights Open Economic Opportunities in Cabo Verde

The Millennium Challenge Corporation share their approach to land management and how it has helped make Cabo Verde a more welcoming place for investors and opened up new income-generating opportunities for people across the country.
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NGO Partnerships Give Businesses the Teeth to Be Social Activists

Ben & Jerry’s discuss mixing activism and a social mission and how by working with NGOs they can drive real change. They share insights on their partnerships with the International Rescue Committee on the refugee crisis.
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Access to Energy Through Mobile Is Changing Lives

The mobile industry is playing a crucial role in achieving SDG 7: Universal energy access by 2030. New models to deliver energy to underserved consumers are emerging out of a convergence between mobile payments, the internet and mobile services. GSMA discuss how access to energy through mobile is changing lives
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In Solar Supply Chain, Women Entrepreneurs are Key to Reaching Remote Areas

Lighting Africa, a joint program of the World Bank and IFC, has helped improve the lives of 20 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by providing access to basic electricity. This blog describes how IFC seeks to ease the power situation by providing off-grid energy solutions to 250 million people
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A Low-carbon Economy: Technologically Possible, Economically Attractive

Jenny Bofinger-Schuster, Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Cities, at Siemens AG, discusses the need for joint action on climate change – and Siemens’ contribution to that effort.
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Leveraging the Power of Skillanthropy

avier Guerrero of Happy Punk Panda, a Salvadoran digital media company, visited New York through Bpeace’s Fast Runner Program to meet with top digital agencies including SapientRazorfish. Bpeace talk with Marco Ambrosio, North America Growth Strategist for SapientRazorfish, about the experience.
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A Paradigm Shift

Reflecting on the past six decades of top-down approaches to poverty, limited by a fixation on aggregate wealth, Fundación Paraguay argue that the “Poverty Stoplight” programme offers a decidedly different strategy. Allowing families to self-diagnose their level of poverty and develop personalized strategies to overcome poverty permanently.
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How to Achieve Financial inclusion through Data-free Mobile Banking

The promise of digital technologies can give more people access to financial services, but the ability to scale services and create revenue from these services has proven more elusive. N-Frnds and BTPN Wow, Indonesia, share their experience of helping to bring comprehensive mobile financial services to the mass market.
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Why Tackling Violence Against Women is Your Business

As we begin 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, BSR look at how business can help tackle violence against women. The recent surfacing of numerous sexual harassment allegations—including harassment in the workplace—have demonstrated how much work remains to be done to create genuinely inclusive work environments around the world.
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Designing for People, Not Problems, Will Help Us Tackle the Global Sanitation Crisis

This World Toilet Day, Lixil, one of the world’s largest sanitary ware manufacturers share their insights on innovating for those at the base of the pyramid and why they see toilets as the next big business opportunity.
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COP23: Deforestation and Gender Responsive Solutions for Agriculture and Food Security

Summary: As COP23 kicks off in Bonn we speak with Kennedy Ntoso at Olam to gain insight into what actions the private sector can take to support gender mainstreaming in agriculture. Kennedy discusses his involvement with the Gender Sub Working Group of Ghana’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programme.
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Partnering for Healthier Cities

This World Cities Day, Neil Jeffery, CEO, WSUP and Susan Mboya, President, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation take a look at how WSUP is working with The Coca-Cola Company to improve water access in cities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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2 Billion People Can’t See Clearly. This Business Sees the Answer.

What if I told you we had a breakthrough solution that could access untapped potential in 2.5 billion people? That it could keep people safer and help children learn better? You might envision a fancy new technology, but this magic bullet is surprisingly simple: a pair of eyeglasses. Just…
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How Financial Inclusion Can Move People Out of Poverty

Around the world this week, governments, multilaterals, and companies are coming together to celebrate Financial Inclusion Week. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the progress that we’ve made in extending financial access to un-banked and underbanked communities, and also a time to take honest stock of how far we still…
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Ploughing the Path in a Male-dominated Turf

Husnaara ran to her house smiling from ear to ear as if she could not get any happier. At that point nothing seemed impossible; she could become a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer, go to a good university.
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Food Processing as the Missing Link in Africa’s Value Chains

In 1998, Pauline Kamau started her maize-milling business with a few machines in her mother-in-law’s basement in Kenya. Soon, the business grew to fill a small factory. She hoped to supply her community with high-quality maize flour, which is the local staple food, but demand outstripped her production capacity.
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Power Sector Reforms Spur Private-Sector Participation

Ivy Namasani makes a dress in her tailoring shop in downtown Blantyre, Malawi. Her store suffers from frequent power blackouts that hamper her ability to do business. As part of the Malawi Compact, MCC is supporting the Government of Malawi in its efforts to strengthen the country’s power sector and…
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Good Nutrition Should Be Everybody’s Business

Good nutrition should be everybody’s business. That was the message that was echoed through the side meetings during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. At the inaugural ‘Goalkeepers’ event, hosted by Bill and Melinda Gates in New York during UNGA week, the challenge was extended to us all to track…
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Want to Change the World? Allow the Private Sector to Do What it Does Best

For the past week, the world has watched as heads of state and global business leaders convened in New York City for the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. The agenda was far from light. Topics ranged from food security to climate change to the refugee crisis to healthcare. The task…
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From Digital Divide to Inclusion: How to Make Digital Finance Work for India’s Women

Often heralded as a panacea for financial inclusion, digital financial services could exacerbate the gender divide, unless there is a concerted effort to develop women-friendly products and channels. Despite recent successes in India’s financial inclusion journey, Indian women still cannot access bank accounts, loans, and other financial services as easily…
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