Case Studies Archives

Partnering to Get Every Child Learning

The world is witnessing the highest levels of human displacement on record since World War II. Of the unprecedented 65.3 million people forced from their homes, almost one-third are refugees, seeking protection from violence or persecution. The majority of refugee children have lost not only their home, but also…

Agriculture, Education, Global Goals, Refugees and Migration

September 21, 2017

Developing More Responsible Leaders

Emerging World’s mission is to ‘help business shape a better future’ and one of our main areas of interest is to understand the role of Responsible Leadership and how best to develop it. Over the last couple of years, we’ve been delighted to work closely with Dr Karen Blakeley, Head…

Intrapreneurship, Water and Sanitation

September 20, 2017

Lessons in Corporate Social Innovation

Justin, first of all, please introduce yourself to the Business Fights Poverty community. I work at the intersection of strategy, sustainability and innovation. I started my career as a strategy consultant, and as time went by, I began looking for ways to apply those skills to the most intractable challenges…

Agriculture, Innovative Business Models, Intrapreneurship, Social Enterprises, Water and Sanitation, Youth

September 15, 2017

Empowering Women in the Economy – Take-aways and Next Steps

CARE was delighted to host yesterday’s event to a full house of business leaders, global experts, and civil society actors to talk about how the private sector can empower women in the economy, including by implementing the UN High Level Panel (HLP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment’s new recommendations. Thank you…

Gender

September 13, 2017

Empower a Woman and a Whole Cocoa Community will Thrive

Do you know where chocolate comes from? Do you wonder who produced the cocoa in your chocolate and under what circumstances? Do you care if the chocolate you buy is sourced in a responsible way, with equal access and opportunity for women? Without cocoa there is no chocolate, and without…

Agriculture, Gender, Youth

September 13, 2017

Supporting Corporate Social Innovation to Bring Mobile Services to Smallholder Farmers

Q: Tegan, you are the Business Intelligence Manager at the mAgri program at GSMA. What does the mAgri program do? A: We catalyze scalable, commercial mobile services that improve the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers and benefit the agriculture sector in emerging markets. We bring together our members (mobile…

Agriculture, Intrapreneurship, Technology

September 12, 2017

Using Customer Data to Crack the Last-mile Distribution Challenge

You can’t manage what you don’t know. While we’d probably all subscribe to that maxim, it’s one that rings especially true for organizations seeking to serve the more than four billion low-income people living at the base of the pyramid (BoP). BoP markets have long been heralded for their potential…