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Still an Elusive Goal: Measuring the Impact and Success of Microfinance

This Global Compact-WBSC report details the vital role of the business community in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Business & Peace: The End of the Zero-Sum Game

*Written by Talia Hagerty, Monitoring and Evaluation, Trickle Up

Private Foundations and Development Cooperation: Insights From Tanzania

This paper from the German Development Institute examines private foundation funding for development in Tanzania, focusing on the priorities and character of foreign foundation activities in the country.

Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana : Is Specialization in Agricultural Mechanization a Viable Business Model?

This paper quantitatively assesses whether government provided subsidies to private enterprise for tractor-rental services is a viable business model.

Growing Into Your Sustainability Commitments: A Roadmap for Impact and Value Creation

This report from AccountAbility identifies and highlights how companies are approaching, implementing, and advancing their sustainability commitments.

GEDI: A New Tool for Entrepreneurship-led Development

The effects of economic development are well known: reduced suffering, increased opportunity, broader prosperity, and enriched lives.  Development also helps to stabilize governments and incre

Education in Colombia: Is There a Role for the Private Sector?

Researchers from the Wharton Business School discuss the opportunities for private sector engagement in the Colombian education system.

Business and the post-2015 Economic Development Agenda

The eight 2015 millennium development goals (MDGs) have dominated the development landscape since 2000 and have guided the qu

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