Case Studies

Calling Tech-Focused Ideas to Help Address COVID-19 Learning Emergency

According to the latest figures released by UNESCO, over 1.5 billion learners around the world are not able to attend school or university due to COVID19 closures, with 192 governments ordering countrywide closures of their schools and universities.
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COVID-19 Could Drive Millions of Women into Poverty, When They are Agents of Recovery

COVID-19 has become an unprecedented global crisis, affecting everyone – but not equally so. CARE International UK’s new study on COVID-19 and women’s economic justice and rights shows that women and girls are disproportionately affected by the economic effects of global pandemics, especially those in the poorest and most marginalised communities.
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The Informal Economy is Complicating Government Responses to COVID-19: Will the Crisis Push Millions Toward Formality?

As COVID-19 spreads in countries around the world, governments have already started to address the economic and livelihood challenges posed by the constraints the pandemic has put on behaviour and employment. These measures will help cushion the impact of COVID-19 on employment in wealthier areas. But what about lower-income countries?
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Saving Main Street in the Wake of COVID-19

As Americans are bracing for the health fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak, the nation’s Main Street businesses are fighting for their survival. Salon owners, event planners, shopkeepers and restaurants are being forced to make hard choices—pay their bills or their employees—and the workers who rely on them for their livelihoods face prolonged economic hardship.
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Three Promises Lidl Has Made to Protect its Food Workers

Supermarkets have become one of the few vital services still functioning during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Supermarket staff deserve great respect for keeping customers safe and supplied with food to sustain us through this unprecedented crisis.
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UNIDO Helps Tajik Textile Enterprises Diversify into PPE Production

As of 14 April, Tajikistan had not announced the confirmation of any COVID-19 cases. Over recent months, the authorities have taken drastic measures to help keep the coronavirus at bay. The border with China has been closed since 24 January and entry from Iran was halted on 23 February. All commercial flights were suspended on 20 March and traffic to and from Kyrgyzstan was suspended on 24 March. Schools, however, are still open and people are going to work as normal.
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COVID-19: Delivering Critical Information and Behaviour Change at Scale

Every1Mobile is proud to announce the launch of two digital information and behaviour change tools in the fight against coronavirus in Africa. ENDCORONAVIRUS.AFRICA and ENDCORONAVIRUS.CO.KE are interactive one-stop-shops for COVID-19 prevention and management information in English for users across Africa, and Kiswahili for users in Kenya, using WHO guidelines.​
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The Urgency of a New Social Contract​

The COVID-19 crisis makes one thing abundantly clear: the social contract between government, business, employees, and people is not working as it should.   
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Armenian Apparel Manufacturer Starts Producing Masks to Help Fight Coronavirus

To help counter the fast-spreading Covid-19 virus in Armenia, the TOSP apparel manufacturer is diversifying production to include medical masks. The TOSP Knitting Factory, located in the Malatia-Sebastia district in the western part of the capital, Yerevan, has set up a sterile area on the factory floor and has adjusted production lines to ramp up supplies of medical face masks for health care workers and vulnerable citizens.
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How to Profitably Serve the Last Mile

Part III of this series describes how N-Frnds has created a hybrid network of Pre-sellers serving multiple FMCG and corporate partners, enabling them to profitably serve last-mile outlets while also empowering these micro-retailers with access to finance to expand their sales and become more viable businesses, creating a win-win situation for all.
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Fintech Opens New Opportunities for Private Sector to Support Cash Transfer Aid in Developing Countries

The Danish Red Cross, Grassroots Economics Foundation, and partners will collaborate to develop a new global platform for blockchain-based community currencies to boost cash transfer aid and help cash-poor regions grow their own economies, thanks to a grant from Innovation Norway matched by private sector. 
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What Will Last Mile Distribution Look Like in 2025? Six Predictions for an Emerging Sector

Beneficial household products such as solar lights, improved cookstoves, water purifiers, nutritional supplements and agricultural inputs can play a significant role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. But these products can’t make an impact if they don’t reach the last mile customers who could benefit from them.
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It’s Time We Understand All of a Business’ Impacts on People and the Planet

As society is becoming more aware of its responsibility to the world we live in, businesses are under increasing pressure to be transparent about all their impacts – but do they know how to measure them?
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Appropriate Technology for Serving the ‘Last Mile’ – The Need for Simple, Flexible and Scalable Solutions

In the second part of this three-part series, which deals with challenges of digitizing indirect FMCG distribution channels in emerging markets, I explore why developing and deploying appropriate technologies to gather data has been a challenge and will provide some examples of how N-Frnds, a technology platform company focusing on digital distribution in emerging markets is addressing this challenge.
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Nestlé’s System to Tackle Child Labor Works – Now We’re Scaling It Up

I’ve headed up the Nestlé Cocoa Plan for almost 12 years, so I’ve seen at firsthand how our Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System, (CLMRS), works and how it has benefitted kids and families in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. As demonstrated in our 2019 report ‘Tackling Child Labor’, it is making a real difference to the lives of thousands of kids and families.
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Better Coffee, Better Prices: Improving Farmer Livelihoods through Quality Improvements

​What does the taste of your morning coffee have to do with the livelihoods of millions of farmers? In this article, TechnoServe’s Paul Stewart explains how boosting coffee quality is one of the keys to ensuring that smallholder farmers earn higher incomes and shows how this change can transform entire communities. ​
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Reaching the Elusive Last Mile – Challenges of Digitizing Indirect FMCG Distribution Channels in Emerging Markets

Part I: Lack of data on indirect distribution networks Reaching the ‘last mile’ is imperative for consumer facing companies in emerging markets, however several constraints remain. In this three part series I will deal with some of these constraints and share some of the learnings and insights I have gained through my work at N-Frnds, a technology platform company focused on last-mile distribution in emerging markets.
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Social Innovation: The Answer to Progress

Inspiration spurs ideas and ideas spur solutions. I am personally inspired by working with a community of 42,000 non-profits and education institutions that are on the frontlines of change every day. 
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Understanding the Pitfalls and Shooting for Alignment: How ViiV Healthcare is Tackling HIV Globally

In this interview, Anna Johnson, Editor, Business Fights Poverty set out to explore how ViiV Healthcare has been able to enhance the accessibility and affordability of life-saving HIV drug, dolutegravir (DTG), through a strategic approach to partnering with Helen McDowell, Head of Government Affairs and Global Public Health, ViiV Healthcare
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How a Sustainable Coconut Oil Project Improved Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers in the Philippines and Indonesia

The global demand for coconut-based products is growing. Coconut oil, for instance, is used for cooking and in products like chocolate or cakes, as well as cosmetics. However, the coconut supply is not growing as fast as the demand.
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