 Jane Nelson and Beth Jenkins participated in UNDP’s Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative (GIM), a multi-stakeholder initiative comprised of leaders from the business and international development communities. Drawing on a network of developing country academics and practitioner organizations, GIM undertakes research and advocacy on “inclusive business models” – business models that include the poor as suppliers, distributors, retailers, customers, and sources of innovation. Nelson served as co-chair of the Outreach Committee of the GIM Advisory Board and Jenkins was one of the primary authors of the Initiative’s inaugural report, Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor. Creating Value for All was launched in a series of events worldwide in July 2008.
To download the report, executive summary, and individual case studies and learn about GIM's next steps, please see:
http://www.growinginclusivemarkets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=65.
Photo caption: CSRI's Beth Jenkins presents findings of the Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative's inaugural report, Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 8. |
