Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development
Bringing essential services to the poor, whether in remote rural areas, provincial towns, or in the slums of megacities, is a great challenge for governments in developing countries. Lack of governmental capacity and fiscal resources at the nationa...
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okr-10986-295442021-05-25T09:12:45Z Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development Tinsley, Elaine Agapitova, Natalia Tinsley, Elaine Agapitova, Natalia SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ALLEVIATION BUSINESS MODEL EDUCATION HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY MINI GRIDS WATER AND SANITATION WASTE MANAGEMENT LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY Bringing essential services to the poor, whether in remote rural areas, provincial towns, or in the slums of megacities, is a great challenge for governments in developing countries. Lack of governmental capacity and fiscal resources at the national and local levels prevents effective public provision of water, power, education, and health services to the poor. And private firms, which often step in to serve the middle and upper classes, are dissuaded by high risks and low affordability from providing these services to the poor, or what is sometimes referred to as “the last mile.” In contrast, social enterprises have been able to provide basic goods and services to the poor. This is the gap that the present book aims to fill. It catalogues over 40 of the most effective market-based solutions for service delivery to the poor brought about by social enterprises. It tracks how stylized business models have been developed to address development challenges. The sectors covered are education, energy, health, waste, water, sanitation, and finance. The book’s analysis employs and greatly benefits from systematically applying a common framework that helps explain the relevance and implementation of the model for even general development practitioners. 2018-03-29T19:06:31Z 2018-03-29T19:06:31Z 2018-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370641521094121368/Reaching-the-last-mile-social-enterprise-business-models-for-inclusive-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29544 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ALLEVIATION BUSINESS MODEL EDUCATION HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY MINI GRIDS WATER AND SANITATION WASTE MANAGEMENT LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY |
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ALLEVIATION BUSINESS MODEL EDUCATION HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY MINI GRIDS WATER AND SANITATION WASTE MANAGEMENT LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY Tinsley, Elaine Agapitova, Natalia Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development |
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Bringing essential services to the poor,
whether in remote rural areas, provincial towns, or in the
slums of megacities, is a great challenge for governments in
developing countries. Lack of governmental capacity and
fiscal resources at the national and local levels prevents
effective public provision of water, power, education, and
health services to the poor. And private firms, which often
step in to serve the middle and upper classes, are dissuaded
by high risks and low affordability from providing these
services to the poor, or what is sometimes referred to as
“the last mile.” In contrast, social enterprises have been
able to provide basic goods and services to the poor. This
is the gap that the present book aims to fill. It catalogues
over 40 of the most effective market-based solutions for
service delivery to the poor brought about by social
enterprises. It tracks how stylized business models have
been developed to address development challenges. The
sectors covered are education, energy, health, waste, water,
sanitation, and finance. The book’s analysis employs and
greatly benefits from systematically applying a common
framework that helps explain the relevance and
implementation of the model for even general development practitioners. |
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Tinsley, Elaine |
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Tinsley, Elaine Tinsley, Elaine Agapitova, Natalia |
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Tinsley, Elaine Agapitova, Natalia |
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Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development |
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Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development |
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Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development |
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Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development |
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Reaching the Last Mile : Social Enterprise Business Models for Inclusive Development |
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reaching the last mile : social enterprise business models for inclusive development |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370641521094121368/Reaching-the-last-mile-social-enterprise-business-models-for-inclusive-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29544 |
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