Last week, Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact gave a very interesting talk on the changes he’d seen since the…

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Business Action for Africa’s 2010 Report, produced with the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, examines how business-driven partnerships are addressing Africa’s development challenges in new and innovative ways, redrawing the…

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When we started to identify projects for the Business Innovation Facility to support we were pretty sure that we need to have a ‘private sector lead’ in each case. As one of our eligibility criteria we state:

‘Private sector led initiative (eligibility for cost-sharing) Whilst the project that links to core business operations may have NGO and other partners playing important roles, even as the first-mover in an initiative, we expect to see a company having a lead…

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A challenge was posed yesterday: inclusive business requires innovation. Good innovation comes bottom-up from the field. Strong leadership comes from the top, downwards. How should the two best be combined to create new inclusive business models that work?



A second similar challenge: innovation is about sparking ideas, testing at a small scale. The "immune system" of most multi-nationals is set to clear out small distractions, ensuring the company keeps its focus on what is material.… Continue