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In recent years, we have witnessed heightened interest in “reinventing the toilet," or the development of new affordable toilet technologies for low-income urban populations. But often new technology and infrastructure is employed without planning for how to maintain sanitation. As the General Manager of Kenyan social micro franchise Community Cleaning Services (CCS), this case study explores our model.
Case Study: SC Johnson and Community Cleaning Services, Sustainable Sanitation in KenyaNews
The World Bank’s concessional lending arm is providing $250 million to help improve water and agricultural productivity in the Pakistani province of Punjab.
IDA to Help Improve Irrigation System in PakistanNews
In the last decade, social entrepreneurship has been touted as one of the most promising ways to solve some of the world's problematic issues. How Social Entrepreneurship is Helping to Improve Education Worldwide, a McGraw-Hill Research Foundation policy paper, outlines specific ways in which social enterprise is improving education in the U.S. and in developing countries.
McGraw-Hill Research Foundation Policy Paper Shows How Social Entrepreneurship Provides Innovative Solutions to Global EducationNews
Just before the all-singing, all-dancing launch of the big initiative to control or eliminate 10 neglected diseases – starring 13 CEOs from Big Pharma, the WHO's director general, Margaret Chan, and Bill Gates – I grabbed a few words with Sir Andrew Witty, head of GlaxoSmithKline, who co-chaired the negotiations over the past year with Gates.
GSK’s Andrew Witty on the Future of Pharma Collaboration to Help Poor CountriesBlog Post
J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) recently released “Insight into the Impact Investment Market,” a report incorporating data from over 2,200 private transactions and the perspectives of 52 impact investors on returns, risk and impact measurement practices. GIIN’s Amit Bouri details the progress and obstacles identified in the report.
Insight into the Impact Investment Market: An Interview with Amit BouriBlog Post
Addressing the lack of access to clean, reliable and affordable energy services for billions of people is one of the world’s most critical development challenges. The new World Business Council for Sustainable Development Access to Energy initiative highlights business solutions to enable energy access for all and demonstrates clearly how business is already expanding access to clean, reliable and affordable energy services for poor customers.
Powering Up: WBCSD Details Business Victories for Clean Energy AccessBlog Post
A new comprehensive analysis of Ghana’s health marketplace conducted recently for the World Bank Group should be mandatory reading for health enterprises, analysts, or others keen to enter, expand or study operations in this progressive west African country.
In Ghana, For-Profit Health Providers Are An Important Source of Care for Rich and Poor AlikeBlog Post
Planning works (reasonably) well in established, stable markets. But classical "planning" is unlikely to help when innovating in the surprising complexity of BoP markets as mapped in ’Poor Economics.’ Certainly, "chaos" and "anarchy" are not the answers either. Improvisation could provide a metaphor allowing us to understand this fragile balance.
Best Ideas of 2011: Improvising at the BoP
