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May21
New Blog: Building Successful BoP Business Models
By Rahul Desai, Operations Coordinator for the Inter-American Development Bank’s Opportunities for the Majority.
Private companies that want to succeed ...
May16
What are the most promising BoP business models in Latin America?
By Opportunities for the Majority at the Inter-American Development Bank
Housing, education and banking, increasingly through mobile technology, are three of ...
May03
Upcoming Event: Business, The MDGs and Beyond, Cape Town
As we approach 2015, the target date for the internationally-agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there is growing awareness of the ...
May03
Novartis expands healthcare access in rural India
New York, May 3, 2013— The Business Call to Action (BCtA) is pleased to announce that Swiss-based healthcare leader Novartis ...
May03
BCtA is hiring!
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Background
Launched in 2008, the Business Call to Action(BCtA) is a global membership platform that encourages private ...
Apr30
Social Innovation Summit 2013
Dear Members and Friends,
As you may know, UN Development Programme and Business Call to Action are proud partners of the ...
Apr25
Measuring Impact, for Impact, London
More and more companies are interested in measuring their socio-economic impacts in order to maintain license to operate, improve the ...
Apr16
Companies work to employ India’s poor: BCtA announces new initiatives during G20 Inclusive Business Workshop in Mumbai
New York/Mumbai, 16 April 2013—Three companies have made new commitments to help thousands of low-income people in rural India improve ...
Apr04
Danish firm aims to improve health, environment in Mozambique
New York/Copenhagen/Maputo, 4 April , 2013 – Some 400,000 residents of Mozambique will gain access to clean, locally produced cooking ...
Apr04
Join #MDG Momentum – 1,000 days of action!
Friday, 5 April marks 1,000 days to the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are the most ...
Mar28
Brazilian dental company commits to expand quality care for low-income communities
New York and Sao Paulo, 28 March 2013—Some 1 million people are expected to gain access to high-quality dental care ...
Mar27
Social Enterprises Scale Up To Fight Poverty in Africa, Asia-Pacific
New York, March 27, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of low-income people will benefit from expanded access to financial services as a ...
Mar20
Mahindra Rural Housing Finance joins BCtA with commitment to extend housing finance access to rural India
New York, Mumbai, March 20, 2013--Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Ltd. (MRHFL), a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. ...
Mar15
Making Sustainability Affordable for All: IKEA Creates a Demand for Better Cotton, Lasting Change
Stockholm and New York, 15 March 2013—The IKEA Group of Sweden has announced its commitment to the Business Call to ...
Mar12
Justine Greening: Investing in growth. How DFID works in new and emerging markets
Speech by BCtA's Founding Partner, Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Development on Economic Growth and the Role ...
Mar09
Women, Inclusive Business, and the Bumpy Road to Equality
Blog by BCtA's Tatiana Bessarabova
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Today marks the 103rd year of International Women’s Day ...
Mar08
Natura Cosmeticos Empowers Women in Mexico
Brazil-based firm aims to scale-up training for consultants
New York and Cajamar, 8 March 2013—Natura Cosméticos of Brazil, one of ...
Feb28
Brazil’s Itaú Bank to Expand Access to Loans for Low-Income Entrepreneurs
Using technology and relationships to support new and existing account holders
New York, Sao Paulo, February 28, 2013—Some 100,000 small-scale ...
Feb13
BCtA Company Initiatives in the spotlight in top Japanese business publication featuring an interview with UNDP’s ASG Sigrid Kaag
This is an unofficial translation of the interview with Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of Bureau for ...
Feb13
New blog by BCtA’s Sara Enright
Asia’s Rising Economic Tide Doesn’t Lift All Boats: Multiple strategies for inclusive business investment from the ADB Forum
Sara Enright, ...
Jan24
New blog by BCtA’s Albert Tseng
Who’s innovating at the BOP?
Albert Tseng, Outreach Specialist, Business Call to Action
Solar-powered milk cooling systems in Ethiopia, bio-gas charges for ...
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