Media centre: Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor

Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor is the new and groundbreaking report by the UN  Development Programme (UNDP). Over a billion people do not have access to drinking water, 1.6 billion do not have access to electricity and 5.4 billion have no access to the Internet. Yet the poor have a largely unexploited potential as consumers, producers, innovators and entrepreneurs. Creating Value for All showcases 50 examples of local and international companies successfully integrating the poor into their business models to create wealth, spur growth and spark social change. Moreover, the report offers tools for businesses interested in more inclusive markets.

Background material

• Overview press release
• About Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor (Brief outline of the report, including information about inclusive business models, benefits to the poor and to businesses, key constraints, key strategies and examples from the report)
• Growing Inclusive Markets FAQ
• Fast facts: UNDP and the private sector (Overview of UNDP’s activities in partnership with the private sector, including the Growing Sustainable Business and the Growing Inclusive Markets initiative)

Feature stories and case summaries

• 6 feature stories:
• China: Tsinghua Tongfang , Innovative Technology and Enlightened Application
• Kenya: Child & Family Wellness Shops
• Mexico:  Construmex
• Morocco: Lydec, Providing Electricity, Water & Sanitation
• South Africa: Amanz’ abantu, Water for the People
• The Russian Federation: Forus Bank

• 12 Case summaries (These are summaries of 12 studies with key factors highlighted, including Positive Outcomes for the Poor, Positive Outcomes for the Business, Key Constraints, Key Strategies, A Strategy Matrix, and Challenges and Opportunities for Scaling Up)
• Case summary 1: Brazil: Sadia Program for Sustainable Swine Production
• Case summary 2: China: Tsinghua Tongfang , Innovative Technology and Enlightened Application
• Case summary 3: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Celtel and Celpay
• Case summary 4: Guinea: Sustainable Cashew Production
• Case summary 5: Guyana:Denmor Garments
• Case summary 6: India: Sulabh International, Implementing a Low-Cost, Safe Sanitation System
• Case summary 7: Kenya: Child & Family Wellness Shops
• Case summary 8: Mexico: Construmex
• Case summary 9: Morocco: Lydec, Providing Electricity, Water & Sanitation
• Case summary 10: Philippines: Unilab’s RiteMed Initiative
• Case summary 11: Russian Federation: Forus Bank
• Case summary 12: South Africa: Amanz’ abantu, Water for the People

Language resources

Russian

• Overview press release
• Summary of the report
• About Growing Inclusive Markets
• Case study summaries
• Case study: Forus

• Press release
• Overview of the report