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Oct 18, 2022

Increasing Access to Health Services Through Inclusive Digital Health

This report aims to share knowledge on how healthcare providers can embed digital health into their business models to expand access to health services among the underserved, or individuals at the base of the pyramid.

English - 16 pages | Español - 16 pages | 2022 IFC

Feb 3, 2021

Using Blended Concessional Finance to Invest in Challenging Markets

Why and when to use blended concessional finance to support private sector projects is outlined by IFC, in a report drawing on its two decades of experience.

English | 64 pages | IFC 2021

Dec 21, 2020

Creating Markets in Egypt: Country Private Sector Diagnostic

The Egypt Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC & World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, & policy recommendations.

English - 144 pages | Arabic - 119 pages | 2020 IFC

Nov 11, 2020

Crowdsourcing the Future of SME Financing

What will financing for small and medium-sized enterprises look like in 2030? Entrepreneurs, bankers, officials, executives, and innovators share their visions.

Mar 15, 2017

インクルーシブ・ビジネスの軌跡

IFCのクライアント企業の中で成功を収めている5社の事例（アグリビジネス、教育、金融サービス、ヘルスケア）を紹介しています。

56 pages | | © 2016 IFC |

Mar 1, 2017

Corporación Grupo Fybeca S.A. (GPF)

Fybeca a pharmaceutical retailer with a history of innovation, saw an opportunity to complement its high-end pharmacy chain, Fybeca, with a down market chain so that customers could access quality medicines at economical prices. In 2000, GPF launched SanaSana — its first pharmacy for low-income customers.

Sep 16, 2016

Built for Change: Inclusive Business Solutions for the Base of the Pyramid

IFC presents five in-depth case studies of inclusive businesses and identifies the common strategies these companies are employing to do business with people living at the base of the pyramid. Ranging in geographies and sectors (agriculture, education, financial services, and healthcare), each company has a unique path but their shared strategies provides insights that can spark innovation among future business entrepreneurs. The case studies are based on interviews with the companies’ founders, chief executive, and senior management.

Sep 7, 2016

G20 Inclusive Business Report for the 2016 Summit

Leaders at the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou, China emphasized the need for sustainable and inclusive growth, and welcomed the 2016 Inclusive Business report and the launch of the G20 Global Platform on Inclusive Business www.g20inclusivebusiness.org. The Platform is a global partnership that seeks to accelerate the adoption of inclusive business policies and programs globally.

Nov 17, 2015

G20 Inclusive Business Framework and Leaders’ Call to Action

Leaders at the G20 Leaders Summit in Turkey issued a call to action to public and private sector representatives, international organizations and civil society to advance the ability of businesses around the world to integrate low-income people into their value chains. The call highlights inclusive business’ important role in the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending poverty by 2030. As part of the Call to action, the G20 endorsed the G20 Inclusive Business Framework, which presents policy options for G20 and non-G20 governments, companies, and international financial institutions to promote and support inclusive business.

Mar 3, 2015

インクルーシブ・ビジネス ～成功企業から学ぶノウハウ～

IFCのクライアント企業が時間を費やし、BOP層へのアプローチに成功した際の戦略と手法について紹介しています。特に企業がBOP層をバリューチェーンに取り込む際に中心となるサプライヤーと消費者へのアプローチについて詳細に検討しています。

48 pages || © 2015 IFC |

Feb 3, 2015

インクルーシブ･ビジネス･ボンド

新興市場におけるインクルーシブ・ビジネスを支援するため新たに発行した「インクルーシブ・ビジネス・ボンド」について紹介しています。

2 pages | | © 2015 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

インクルーシブ ビジネスのための GLOBAL CONSUMPTION DATA

世界銀行グループが発表した世界の家計支出に関する最新データ、Global Consumption Databaseについて紹介しています。

8 pages || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Promigas S.A. E.S.P.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Promigas S.A. E.S.P.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Procafecol S.A.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Procafecol S.A.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Shanghai F-Road Commercial Services Co. Ltd.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Shanghai F-Road Commercial Services Co. Ltd.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Fundacion Cardiovascular

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Fundacion Cardiovascularのビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Engro Foods Limited

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Engro Foods Limitedのビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd.

2014年度Financial Times/IFC共催Transformational Business Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd.のビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2014 IFC |

Oct 27, 2014

Factsheet Manila Water Company

2013年度Financial Times/IFC共催Sustainable Finance Awardsのインクルーシブ･ビジネス部門最終選考候補、Manila Water Companyのビジネスモデルを紹介しています。

1 page || © 2013 IFC |

May 31, 2014

"SUSTAIN: Cutting-edge business solutions" magazine in Agribusiness

How can companies across the world achieve stronger performance while addressing sustainability challenges? How can they learn from each other? And how can IFC help by leveraging its unique vantage point at the intersection of business and development? SUSTAIN addresses these questions by offering a global platform for a conversation on cutting-edge business solutions among thought leaders and pioneers from the private sector, international organizations, academia, and the World Bank Group.

60 pages | © May 2014 IFC | Complimentary

Jun 25, 2013

インクルーシブ・ビジネスの可能性

4 pages | | © 2013 IFC |

Jun 12, 2013

インクルーシブ・ビジネスの先駆者たち

本書ではインクルーシブ・ビジネスの先駆者であるIFCのクライアント企業のリーダーたち14人を特集しています。インタビューを元に彼らの奮闘に焦点を当て、日々の取り組みや仕事に対する情熱を紹介しています。

44 pages | | © 2013 IFC |

Mar 20, 2013

The Role of the Private Sector in Expanding Health Access to the Base of the Pyramid

IFC’s purpose is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and improve their lives by developing more outlets for inclusive and sustainable growth. To ensure equitable access to healthcare, we are committed to supporting companies that are providing health services to the poor in commercially viable ways. To this end, IFC conducted a study on how to help the private sector expand access to health services to the base of the pyramid. The study examined Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Turkey—countries with significant health markets yet large underserved populations. Three health segments were analyzed: healthcare service provision, distribution of drugs and medical equipment, and medical technology.

Dec 12, 2012

G20チャレンジ：革新的なインクルーシブ・ビジネス～受賞企業のプロフィール～

本書ではG20チャレンジ・革新的なインクルーシブビジネス（G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation）で選出された優良企業の概要を紹介しています。

52 pages | | © 2012 IFC |

Mar 6, 2014

Gap Analysis Results Report

The gap analysis conducted by Solidaridad revealed a set of critical issues for improving the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the soy sector in the Capanema area. This report presents and discusses those issues in depth.

Mar 6, 2014

WCF's Report on the Field Test of Biodiversity Indicators in CocoaMAP

Cocoa Measurement and Progress (CocoaMAP) indicators measure the effects of cocoa production on People, Planet, and Profit. This report summarizes the field test of the CocoaMAP Farm Inventory Tool. The tool is being designed for use in measuring several CocoaMAP indicators, including biodiversity indicators, farmer application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and production capacity of farms.

Mar 6, 2014

Solidaridad's Soy Producer Self-Assessment Toolkit

To better target sustainability trainings to smallholder farmers, it is crucial for trainers to know where farmers see gaps in their own knowledge and abilities. Solidaridad's self-assessment toolkit addresses this need.

Mar 6, 2014

Review of Literature on Rapid Biodiversity Assessment

As a first step to gathering relevant international and on the ground expertise on assessing biodiversity, Armajaro and Bioversity International conducted a review of known methodologies.

Mar 6, 2014

WCF's Outreach and Dissemination Activities in Support of the Developing CocoaMAP Biodiversity Indicators

Outreach efforts and engagement of stakeholders are discussed in this report -- Outreach and Dissemination Activities Supporting the Developing of CocoaMAP Biodiversity Indicators -- along with a discussion of communications challenges and lessons learned. Included in these lessons learned is a discussion of the need to tailor communications to the different groups in respect of their distinct agendas, goals, and standards.

Mar 6, 2014

ICV's Secondary Data Maps for the Cerrado of Mato Grosso

In order to model landscapes and find areas of high conservation value, it is first necessary to calculate secondary data. These secondary data maps collected by ICV contain complex data on the ecosystems of the Cerrado and Mato Grosso regions of Brazil, and were used to inform the HCVA maps produced by ICV.

Mar 6, 2014

RTRS Methodological Roadmap for HCV Assessments

The purpose of the RTRS Methodological Roadmap is to offer integrated guidance on how to use the RTRS Maps and the HCVA Guide, supplying information on the system that will guide responsible soy expansion in the Brazilian context.

Mar 6, 2014

Conservation Alliance's Field Enumerators Training Report

This report details the training workshop organized by Conservation Alliance Ghana for field staffs and lead farmers on data collection within the field and households of cocoa farmers.

Mar 6, 2014

Conservation Alliance's Farmer Trainer Manual

This manual documents best practices for training farmers on Growing Sustainable Cocoa, Good Agricultural Practices, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Cocoa Certification. The exercises included satisfy the standards for the Rainforest Alliance cocoa certification protocols, but can also be adapted for use by trainers for different contexts and situations.

Mar 6, 2014

Conservation Alliance's Community Education and Awareness Creation Campaign Report

This Community Education and Awareness Creation report discusses the implementation of a campaign to mainstream biodiversity conservation into cocoa production in southwest Ghana. The campaign sought to educate the community around the connections between biodiversity loss, climate change, water availability, and agriculture, teaching farmers about their roles as ecosystem managers. 

Mar 6, 2014

RTRS HCVA Assessment and Audit Guide

The Assessment and Audit Guide sets out the assessment guidelines for High Conservation Values (HCVs) and High Conservation Value Areas (HCVAs) in the Cerrado biome and in areas already anthropized in the Amazon biome.

Mar 6, 2014

Conservation Alliance's Community Based Monitoring Protocol

This report explains how to set up a community-based biodiversity monitoring system. The report lays out SMART indicators to use when conducting community and household level assessments, and explains how to integrate GIS. Protocols of the Sustainable Agriculture Network, IMS, and the Social and Environmental Management System are reviewed. The report also shares basic protocol for conducting field work, assessing knowledge and skills, and holding focus group discussions.

Mar 6, 2014

Armajaro's Field Data from Cocoa Farm Surveys

This report is the outcome of surveying 10,250 farms, and contains a geo-referenced map on farm characteristics, farming practices, and disease occurrence.

Mar 6, 2014

Data: Analysis of Current Farmer Practices

In order to better train smallholders on sustainable management practices, it is necessary for companies to have a comprehensive view of how they currently cultivate their lands.

Mar 6, 2014

Rainforest Alliance's Biodiversity Assessment Methodology

Rainforest Alliance produced a report outlining its methodology developed for the community-led Natural Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) of the Bantaeng Regency in Indonesia. This document provides standard field measurement approaches to assist in carrying-out the NEA methodology in different geographies and for different crops. These methods are important in order to document the natural state of a particular site quickly, and to accurately and efficiently estimate carbon stocks and change.

Mar 6, 2014

ICV's HCVA Maps: Cerrado of Mato Grosso

This is a collection of maps identifying the most important areas for biodiversity conservation in the Cerrado of Mato Grosso, using HCV categories 1-6.

Mar 6, 2014

Conservation Alliance's Farmer Best Practices Training Report

This report summarizes the implementation of the sustainable cocoa production training using a modified form of the Farmer Field School training method for 50 literate farmers, including 10 female farmers in the communities surrounding the Bia Conservation Area in Ghana.

Mar 6, 2014

RTRS First Pilot HCV Assessment

The general purpose of the RTRS pilot project was to assess the application of the RTRS maps developed for the Brazilian reality of the Cerrado Biome and of the anthropized areas of the Amazon Biome, and the application of the High Conservation Value Area (HCVA) Guide, also developed for the Brazilian context, with a focus on areas crucial for biodiversity where conversion of native vegetation is only allowed after an HCVA assessment.

Mar 6, 2014

Broad scale (1:250000 and 1:500000) maps of areas of Brazil relevant to soy development

RTRS worked with the Federal University of Minais Gerais and the mapping group Centro Sensoriamento Remoto (CSR) to create broad scale (1:250000 and 1:500000) maps of areas of Brazil relevant to soy development. You can view and download them all at the CSR website.

Mar 6, 2014

Economic And Financial Assessment Of Premiums For The Adoption Of Rainforest Alliance Certification Scheme By Farmers In The Bia Conservation Area Of Ghana

This report provides an economic and financial assessment of how much premium is being offered now and what the optimum premium for certified sustainable production would have to be in order to motivate farmers to adopt best practices for cocoa production and achieve certification near the Bia Conservation Area in southwest Ghana.

Mar 6, 2014

WCF's Refining CocoaMAP Biodiversity Indicators and Data Collection Methods

This report summarizes the development of biodiversity indicators and data collection tools used to report on trends in the Planet module, in hopes that interested organizations, groups and researchers may learn from, and adopt, the methodology.

Mar 6, 2014

Report: Tree Biodiversity in Cocoa Plantations

This report presents an analysis of the data collected on farmers, farms, farming practices and biodiversity using the rapid biodiversity assessment methodology developed during Armajaro's BACP project.

Mar 6, 2014

Solidaridad's Zero-Till Test Report

In Brasil, Gebana is finding that weed control is now the greatest challenge to farmers engaged in organic agriculture, who face a labor shortage for hand hoeing, but have committed to avoid applying synthetic pesticides. In this study, Gebana explores the potential of mechanical management of weeds by testing a two-stage "Gebana zero-till system".  

Mar 6, 2014

RTRS Report on Broad Scale Maps and HCV Guidance for Soy Expansion

Many different maps have been used during the RTRS mapping project. These maps are identified in the following document, along with an analysis of similarities and differences, applicability to the project, gaps, and suggestions for improvements.

Mar 6, 2014

Comparative analysis of soybean production organic and non-organic micro Capanema in the Sudoeste do Paraná - crop year 2012/2013

Soy is one of the most important crops grown in the region west and southwest of Paraná state in Brazil. That made it an ideal spot for this 2011-2012 study, which analyzes the profitability of four soy production systems - conventional with Genetically Modified (GMO) seeds, conventional non-GMO, organic, and organic Electroherb zero till.