International Labour Organization May 2013
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
Centro de Alianzas para el Desarrollo (CAD) and CINI May 2013 Through the development of inclusive businesses, low-income communities have the potential to achieve greater access to goods and services, a wider range of choices and better opportunities to improve their present and future, while companies are exposed to new growth markets than can strengthen their competitiveness and innovative capacity.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum April 2013 Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation is intended to add a perspective to the global conversation already under way about how we move beyond binary choices in crafting responses to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Fundamentally, it is about leveraging private enterprise and capital for public benefit.
Omidyar Network in partnership with Monitor Group, April 2013This 48-page report is the result of a three-phase research project launched in 2012 aimed to better understand the state of entrepreneurship in Africa.
Open Capital Advisors, USAID, Acumen Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, CARE, March 2013This is the executive summary of a workshop held in Nairobi December 4-6, 2012. Stakeholders from across the early-stage enterprise ecosystem convened to identify & design high-leverage initiatives that could strengthen support for enterprises through development stages to achieve scale and build sustainably in order to provide broad solutions for large, disadvantaged populations.
Open Capital Advisors, USAID, Acumen Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, CARE, March 2013This is a summary of a workshop held in Nairobi December 4-6, 2012. Stakeholders from across the early-stage enterprise ecosystem convened to identify & design high-leverage initiatives that could strengthen support for enterprises through development stages to achieve scale and build sustainably in order to provide broad solutions for large, disadvantaged populations.
Shell Foundation and Citi Foundation, January 2013This study assesses the state of a significant, albeit underserved, segment of the SME market, known as the "Missing Middle"; to better understand their needs and the challenges they face. It addresses how governments and other stakeholders can help them reach their potential for growth and job creation to positively impact the MENA region. Commissioned by the Shell Foundation and the Citi Foundation, the new research is based on in-depth interviews with over 200 public and private leaders and SMEs in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE and Egypt.
IFC, January 2013This report is the result of an open-source study to assess the direct and indirect effects of private sector activity on job creation. The report examines how and under what conditions the private sector can best contribute to job creation and poverty reduction, drawing on a review of the literature and evaluations; surveys of more than 45,000 businesses in over 100 countries; a website, blog, and essay competition to solicit outside views; macro and micro case studies of IFC clients; and IFC’s own operational experience and lessons learned.
JP Morgan and GIIN, January 2013The third annual survey on the impact investment market sheds light on this nascent and growing market by collecting data on investors’ expectations and experiences in 2012, as well as their plans for 2013.
Godeke Consulting and The Rockefeller Foundation, December 2012This report, produced by Godeke Consulting and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, explores the landscape of potential social impact bond (SIB) investors to determine how to build a sustainable market for SIBs that can leverage capital from a diverse set of investors to deliver better social outcomes to poor and vulnerable people. Researchers spoke with more than ninety investors and other stakeholders over an eight-month period of time, and have highlighted distinct investor insights that can inform the systems and structures needed to build a healthy market to finance SIBs.
