Utilities
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Opportunities for investors in sustainable energy in India
The goal of this report is to inform investors about the market potential of the clean energy industry serving India’s rural BoP market, by looking at its opportunities, challenges, and potential paths to growth. The report aims to present an overall picture of these growing clean energy sectors,...
A briefing note for supply chain managers & technical end users on oil, gas and mining (OGM) projects
This briefing note provides supply chain managers and technical end users on oil, gas and mining (OGM) projects in low income countries with practical guidance on maximising the involvement of local enterprises in the project supply chain.
Long Live Nepal China Friendly Association
The Long Live Nepal China Friendly Association is a Nepalese NGO established to bring together groups of people or organisations through social interaction, cultural exchange programmes and empowerment workshops.
Enterprise Solutions to Poverty: Opportunities and Challenges for the International Development Community and Big Business
Enterprise Solutions to Poverty: Opportunities and Challenges for the International Development Community and Big Business, a report written by the Shell Foundation, argues that enterprise and business thinking must be placed at the heart of efforts to address poverty. The report concludes by...
Accelerating Progress towards the MDGs; Delivering Results: Moving towards Scale
Accelerating Progress towards the MDGS and Delivering Results: Moving towards Scale is a report on an inclusive business dialogue held on September 21st 2010 during the UN Summit on the MDGs.
Water.org
Water.org is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Water.org challenges the traditional approach to assisting people in developing countries. Rather than simply raising money and implementing projects...
Grundfos LIFELINK
Grundfos LIFELINK is a Danish company committed to improving the living conditions for disadvantaged people in the BOP market (Bottom Of the Pyramid) by providing them with access to safe drinking water and other infrastructural platforms. Grundfos LIFELINK’s water systems are designed to provide...
Microfinance agencies enable entrepreneurs in Bangladesh to provide more sanitation technology options
Pakistan has taken an important step towards improved sanitation through a major sector assessment and setting up of a core group that seeks to move communities beyond open defecation free (ODF) status. WSP, an international engineering consulting agency, is a member of this group.
Solar power's role in rural India
Selco is a social enterprise which has provided solar-powered lighting and water heating for half a million people in the states of Karnataka and Gujarat since it began in 1995. It provides lighting for businesses too and even rents solar lights to street hawkers.