SMEs
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- Supporting entreprenuership at the base of the pyramid
- ( B. Jenkins;E. Ishikawa;E. Barthes / International Business Leaders Forum , 2009)
- Summary of a workshop held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2008 on big business support for entrepreneurs at the 'base of the pyramid' (BOP). Participants including key International corporate partners pres...
- How can small and medium forest enterprises best be supported?
- ( D. Macqueen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
- This paper discusses the challenges small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) face in various economies, and reviews the growing consensus on best practice support structures....
- Community forest enterprises: combining avoided deforestation and poverty reduction
- ( D. Macqueen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007)
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Forests are not just crucial for keeping the global environment stable; they are also a lifeline for hundreds of millions of the world's poor. This paper presents community forest enterprise as a p...
- How can small forest enterprises get better connected?
- ( D. Macqueen / Unasylva, FAO , 2007)
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Small and medium forest enterprises are the norm in many developing countries. They have much to offer in terms of poverty reduction. But they are often isolated from structures that might help the...
Community-based natural resource management in Namibia: an enterprise based solution to poverty?
- ( K. Boudreaux / Mercatus Center, George Mason University , 2007)
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Can indigenous people protect their environment and, at the same time, develop strong businesses that help diversify their livelihoods and alleviate poverty? In Namibia, this paper argues, the answ...
- Making business benefit the poor
- ( J. Emmons / Harvard Business School , 2007)
- This document discusses work from members of Harvard’s business school global poverty project (GPP). It specifically details the GPP’s claim that business could play a crucial role in redu...
- A practical guide to planning for a new business
- ( D. Gagel; Y. Fekade; T. Kidane / International Research Network on Business, Development and Society , 2005)
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The business plan is not only a planning tool, it is also an excellent communication instrument for investors and suppliers interested in understanding the operations and goals of the business.
Thi...
- The formal private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: why are there so few black-owned firms
- ( V. Ramachandran ; M. K. Shah / Center for Global Development, USA , 2007)
- Much of the growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade has come from extractive industries, rather than from private, entrepreneurial activity. Furthermore, non-extractive activity in the private...
- What influence do the private sector have on the lives of the poor at the local level?
- ( International Finance Corporation , 2006)
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This is a snapshot of IFC projects, with evidence to show how the private sector is making a tangible difference in the lives of people in developing countries.
The online book is based on case stu...
- Strengthening the linkages between global corporations and local domestic enterprise
- ( G. Robbins / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa , 2006)
- This report documents and assesses selected South African experiences with regard to the promotion of linkages between Trans- National Corporations (TNCs) and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It o...
