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Inclusive business has been recognised as an opportunity to deliver development impacts through innovative approaches to business. IDS has been working on case studies of what this actually means in practice with the Business Innovation Facility (BIF).
29 May 2013
Published by: IDS
By providing evidence on value chains, this report assesses the potential of a number of products to contribute to reducing undernutrition in Ghana.
11 April 2013
This paper analyses the evidence on the impact of tariff reductions on employment in developing countries. We carry out a systematic review of the existing empirical literature, and include both, ex post econometric evidence and ex ante Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) simulation studies. The synthesis of results suggests that the effects of tariff reductions on employment are country and trade policy specific.
The Rising Powers in International Development Programme is looking at the growing role of business from the BRICS countries in the field of international development cooperation.
1 February 2013
The crisis of microfinance which erupted in 2010 in Andhra Pradesh has complex causes rooted in Indian history.
3 May 2012
Published by: IDS
This paper makes a case for extending the MDGs beyond 2015 but significantly reshaping them and to move away from the outdated and oversimplified North-South dichotomy.
This project investigated the nature of economic relations between the BRICS and Africa, in order to quantify the development footprint, focusing on various elements such as trade, investment. finance, ODA and migration. The current phase aims to look at development finance and the role of BRICS development banks.
20 March 2012
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
This book brings together 20 articles written by pioneers of international development, fascinating for their early challenges to orthodox thinking and bold in suggesting alternatives. Covering five key dimensons, each piece has a new introduction by Sir Richard Jolly indicating its impact on policy over the years and the enduring relevance for the challenges of our times.
1 January 2012
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
‘Inclusive Business’ has enormous potential to contribute positively to development outcomes. Working through core business models, the ‘Inclusive Business’ approach requires minimal outside support and can often reach a scale unattainable by most direct development interventions.
This consultancy examines best practices both operationally and in the literature surrounding business models from the view point of inclusivity of smallholder farmers