REPOA’s Research Report 08.2 examines:
•The contribution of small businesses to poverty alleviation:
issues covered are income generation, employment creation, salaries, profit margin and profitability.
•The influence of socio-economic factors:,
issues covered are gender, owner’s level of education, motivation for starting the business, sources of initial capital, owner’s prior activity, and use of technology.
•The impact of business formality on profit margins and empl more...
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'Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular rallying points for those trying to improve the world. These two notions are positive ones, but neither is adequate when it comes to understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations. The authors make the case that social innovation is a better vehicle for doing this. They also explain why most of today’s innovative social solutions cut across the traditional boundaries separating nonprofits, government, and more...
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Summary: 'Important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and to affordable essential medicines. In the countdown to 2015, urgent responses are needed to bridge the existing implementation gaps to make good on the promises made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
A recently released report by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force identifies these gaps in detail and provides more...
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Interested in expanding financial services to remote-rural areas, the Ford Foundation Affinity Group for Development Finance commissioned the Coady International Institute and a global team of researchers to conduct a study on member-owned financial institutions (MOIs). A key assumption for the study was that member-owned institutions offer distinct advantages for remote rural outreach.
The study involved several facets and spanned three years. First, a literature review was conducted on MOIs more...
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Social Policy and Human Development in Zambia is a book that is intended to
contribute towards a growing body of knowledge on development-related issues in the country. It delves into the theoretical debates relating to
social policy and human development, before situating the two processes in the context of a LDC.
Using material based on numerous disciplines the author systematically argues that if governed competently and with a great focus on 'people-centred' policies, Zambia has the po more...
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'Part of UNDP's growing inclusive market's initiative, the report Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor showcases 50 case studies by researchers in both emerging market economies and developed economies around the world. These studies demonstrate the successful pursuit of both revenues and socio-economic impact by local and international small-and medium sized enterprises as well as multinational corporations.
The report emphasises that the power of poor people t more...
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The World Bank Social Development Department provides this website describing how poverty and social impact analysis of development projects works and the Bank's approach to such analysis.
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