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Construmex: Facilitating Remote Housing Investments for US-based Mexican Migrants
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Construmex, an initiative of Mexican construction and building giant CEMEX, was launched after the company’s success with Patrimonio Hoy, a socially minded business initiative targeted at low-income consumers. Since its inception in 2001, Construmex has helped more than 14,000 Mexican migrants in...
Supply Chain Sustainability - A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement for Small and Medium Enterprises
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This two-page guide offers baseline definitions and practical steps that SMEs can take toward effective management of the social, environmental and economic impacts of supply chains. More information can be found on the website of the United Nations Global Impact Office. The organisation offers...
Venture capital for low-income markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Investing in housing, healthcare, education, basic utilities and nutrition can not only fulfill a social mission, but can also be a profitable business venture.
The Brokering Guidebook - a guide to navigating effective sustainable development partnerships
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The Brokering Guidebook, produced by IBLF in collaboration with Rio Tinto, UNDP and the UN System Staff College, illuminates the critical role played by brokers in a cross-sector partnership, and outlines the many tasks that a broker may have to carry out during the life of a partnership.
A discussion paper on social intrapreneurship
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This paper produced by the Doughty Centre at the Cranfield University examines the potential value of social intrapreneurship, and provisionally defines a social intrapreneur as "a person within a large corporation who takes direct initiative for innovation which addresses social or environmental...
Scaling Up Inclusive Business: Advancing the Knowledge and Action Agenda
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This is a report produced for the International Finance Corporation. It is based on 14 IFC client case studies and draws on other research undertaken by IFC and the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School on inclusive business, including recent research supported by the Bill & Melinda...
Business Models that Make a Difference
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This is a publication produced by IFC (the International Finance Corporation) arguing that inclusive business models are good for business.
Public-Private Partnership for Low - Cost Housing Investments
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Thousands of Salvadorans with no credit history can access loans now to make home improvements and expand their home businesses. El Salvador has developed a unique and sustainable financial business model that enables low-income consumers to improve and expand their homes by mobilizing...
The Global Partnership Social Investment Fund seeks investments in Latin America
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The NGO Global Partnerships is redefining microfinance and moving beyond the concept of microloans as working capital. It aims to achieve greater impact in reducing poverty by combining these loans with affordable social investments, such as health services, training and low-cost pensions and...
Towards More Coherent United Nations System Support To Africa
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A number of reports with a regional focus on the Millennium Development Goals have been issued by the United Nations Regional Commissions.
The "Cocoa Plan" between Nestlé and cocoa farmers
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Nestlé is guided by the principle of creating shared value for shareholders and society in a manner that is integrally linked to its core business strategies and operations. It is called "Creating Shared Value (CSV)"; value created for shareholders, employees, farmers, consumers and the communities...
Shared Value between Nestlé and crops producers
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Nestlé is guided by the principle of creating shared value for shareholders and society in a manner that is integrally linked to its core business strategies and operations. It is called “Creating Shared Value (CSV)”; value created for shareholders, employees, farmers, consumers and the communities...
Underwear for Eastern Europe: A Global Hand match story
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It made no sense. The young widow, a trained teacher in Eastern Europe, had battled for years without employment. Natalka (not her real name) had three children to bring up. A colleague found her a job in a high school where she expected the widow to thrive.
What is Global Hand?
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Meet David, one of Global Hand's partners, who shares about the horrific experiences that led to his starting an NGO in northern Uganda. Discover how your company can get involved by giving time, funding, skills or resources to Global Hand partners like David, improving the lives of thousands...
Job Creation - June, 2003
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Unemployment figures have reached tragic levels - in their 70's, 80's and 90's - in some of the world's worst hit economies. In response, many humanitarian groups are moving towards projects that create jobs. Global Hand has put together a listing of organisations involved in microenterprise...
Enchanted Landscapes (Kenya)
Enchanted Landscapes® is a web-based information portal that endeavours to market Kenya as a popular tourist destination by highlighting Kenya's spectacular landscapes and monuments of significance. But alongside that, we also add value to our content with information on Kenya's people and their...
Rwanda Development Gateway (RDG)
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Rwanda Development Gateway (RDG) is a project of the Government of Rwanda run under the National University of Rwanda (NUR). The RDG is implementing a Program to set up a National Portal as platform for information sharing. The Portal represents a one-stop-shop for information on Rwanda and the...
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
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USAID is an independent agency that supports long-term economic and social development through policy dialogue, conflict prevention, technology transfer in sectors such as health, agriculture, education and housing, and promotion of trade and investment. U.S. assistance is channelled through...
Macau Deaf Association
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Macau Deaf Association was established to encourage the deaf to help each other, and to help them communicate with the public. The Association strives for the promotion of rehabilitations services for the deaf people in Macau, with the aim of allowing them to participate and contribute to the...
Fabretto Children's Foundation
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Fabretto Children's Foundation mission is to enable impoverished Nicaraguan children and their families in underserved communities to break the cycle of poverty and reach their full potential through programs promoting education, nutrition and health, and community development.