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Media room
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Links to Social Investment themes
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Themes
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Base of the Pyramid (BOP)
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World Resources Institute (WRI)
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In 2007, the WRI published a report with the title “The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid”. analyzing potential opportunities in the BOP market on the basis of new data.
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
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Global network of around 200 multinational companies addressing issues of corporate responsibility with regard to sustainable development. One section focuses on developing countries.
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BOP Learning Lab Network
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A global consortium bringing together private and public stakeholders and providing an e-journal and resources related to BOP issues.
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Microfinance
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The Microfinance Gateway
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The whole world of microfinance: news, literature and discussion groups.
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Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
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Microfinance platform of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, supported by the most important donor organizations. Comprehensive online library featuring brief summaries of the most important microfinance-related issues.
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The Mix
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Global information service for the microfinance industry. Interesting for investors, donors and microfinance institutions. Also publishes regional and global benchmarking studies on a regular basis.
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United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
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Provides a wealth of useful information and resources such as background information, images and statistics.
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Rural Finance Learning Centre
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Comprehensive information portal for rural microfinance.
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European Microfinance Platform
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Information and publications, for example related to the annual Microfinance Week.
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SDC/DEZA microfinance projects
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The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC/DEZA) has been involved in efforts to strengthen finance and financial services in developing countries for more than 30 years. It also supports a range of microfinance projects.
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Economic cooperation and development at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
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SECO is involved in efforts to integrate the private sector more closely in microfinance via a number of specific microfinance investments.
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Swiss Microfinance-Platform
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Offers a good overview of people and organizations involved in microfinance in Switzerland.
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Microfinance Enhancement Facility
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The MEF is a USD 500 million facility that supports microfinance institutions facing difficulties financing as a result of the global financial crisis and ensures that low-income borrowers in developing countries continue to have access to finance.
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SME financing
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International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Promotes private sector growth. The focus is on the role of SMEs in developing countries.
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The Unreasonable Institute
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The Unreasonable Institute is a program for entrepreneurs utilizing business to tackle major social and environmental problems. Each year, Unreasonable unites 25 entrepreneurs from every corner of the globe to live under the same roof for eight weeks. These entrepreneurs receive training from 60 world-class mentors.
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Fair Trade
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Fairtrade-Labelling Organizations International (FLO)
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A non-profit, multi-stakeholder organization with 23 member organizations ranging from labeling initiatives to producer networks, traders and external experts.
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Max Havelaar
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Max Havelaar was initially best known for the bananas that played a pioneering role in Swiss fair trade. Now the range covers a wide selection of fairly traded products from flowers and textiles to tea.
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World Fair Trade Organization
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The global network of fair trade organizations is involved in market development, monitoring and advocacy in fair trade.
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Claro
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claro fair trade deals with specialities from the southern countries of the world. Its trade partners are underprivileged small producers from peripheral areas of the developing countries in the south.
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Gepa
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Gepa supports a trade with a compatible social and environmental impact. Business partners of Gepa are producers in over 160 cooperatives and marketing organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Agro√Click
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Agro√Click is a company serving agricultural and commercial business enterprises and participating in various Special Markets including Organic and Fair Trade.
The company offers advising and consultancy services, promotes little and medium producers development and facilitates the access to special markets (organics, fair trade, sustainable agriculture).
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Press freedom
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SDC/DEZA: Access to information – essential for life
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Very good overview of the interplay between information, development and human rights. The SDC supports moves for an independent and varied media scene in a number of different countries.
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Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF)
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The MDLF provides low-cost financing and advice to promote press freedom in developing countries and emerging markets. It partners with responsAbility in providing investments designed to create a stronger independent media.
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Development policy
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Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
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UN portal giving a good overview of the Millennium Development Goals. It features a wealth of research, statistics and other information and resources, plus links to websites of individual organizations addressing the MDGs.
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Development Gateway
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Internet platform set up by the World Bank with the aim of promoting knowledge sharing. Contains a large amount of information on various issues related to development cooperation.
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World Bank
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The World Bank is one of the leading development organizations. It has many years of experience in many issues and areas and is present in virtually all countries of the world.
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Center for Global Development (CGD)
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The CGD is an American think tank that does research and produces publications on many development-related issues.
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