Recent Publications
Reports
Entwicklungsgeschäfte - Geschäfte machen gegen Armut
This German primer on inclusive business provides a comprehensive and practical entry point for companies who want to engage people in poverty. It consists of three parts:
- Part I introduces the concept of inclusive business, the benefits and challenges to doing business with people in poverty
- Part II describes how to develop an inclusive business model from design to implementation and growth
- Part III highlights promising sectors and countries
Reference: Christina Gradl and Claudia Knobloch (2009) Entwicklungsgeschäfte - Geschäfte machen gegen Armut. Berlin: Emergia Institute
Towards Triple Impact - Toolbox for Analysing Sustainable Ventures in Developing Countries
The publications introduces a set of tools to analyse sustainable ventures with regard to the following questions:
- Where are opportunities to create value by meeting needs better and more efficiently?
- What factors determine the success of the venture?
- What are costs and benefits of the venture for the business, society and the environment?
Reference: UNEP (2009) Towards Triple Impact - Toolbox for Analysing Sustainable Ventures in Developing Countries. Paris: UNEP.
UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative: Creating value for All – Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor
The report highlights common constraints for inclusive business models and shows how successful businesses have managed to overcome these through five core strategies. The identified constraints and solution strategies are based on 50 case studies.
Reference: UNDP (2008): Creating value for All - Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor. New York: UNDP.
Articles
Favela Cool against Global Warming
Interview with Samuel Neal Shiroff, Project Leader, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH on BSH's fridge exchange programme in Brazilian slums.
Reference: Christina Gradl and Aline Krämer (2009) Favela Cool against Global Warming. Environment and Poverty Times 06/2009, p. 16 - 17.
The future of sugar cane in China and India – Supply constraints and expansion potential
This paper investigates drivers of and constraints to sugar cane production in China and India and shows that supply side constraints vary significantly in the two countries. The authors conclude that cane used as a feedstock to meet the rising energy demand will come at the expense of converting fertile land for non-food purposes.
Reference: Kostka, G.; Polzin, C.; Scharrer, J.: The future of sugar cane in China and India – Supply constraints and expansion potential, in: Applied Energy 2009 (in Press). Link
Entwicklungsländer bergen für Unternehmen Wachstumspotenzial
Reference: Gradl, C. / Waibel, P. (2009): "Entwicklungsländer bergen für Unternehmen Wachstumspotenzial" in io new management 06/09
A Market System Approach to Inclusive Business
Summary of findings of the UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative.
Reference: Gradl, C. / Sobhani, S. / Bootsman, A. and A. Gasnier (2008): "Understanding the markets of the poor - a market systems approach to inclusive business" in: P. Kandachar and M. Halme (Eds.) Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor. London: Greenleaf.
Creating Innovations for the Poor
Explorative study on how to integrate the poor into innovation processes to develop products and services that suit their needs.
Reference: Kraemer, A./ Belz, F.-M. (2008): “Consumer Integration in Innovation Processes - A New Approach for Creating and Enhancing Innovations for the Base-of-the-Pyramid (BoP)?” in: P. Kandachar and M. Halme (Eds.) Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor. London: Greenleaf.
