G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation
This is a global search for businesses with innovative, scalable, and commercially viable ways of working with low-income people in developing countries. According to the Challenge website, "inclusive businesses" are those that find innovative ways to work with low-income people living at the "base of the pyramid," whether as suppliers, distributors, retailers, or customers. (As defined by IFC, the base of the pyramid (BOP) is the portion of the global population that lives on less than US$8 per day in purchasing power parity (PPP) or lacks access to basic goods, services, and income generation opportunities.)
The Challenge aims to promote the inclusive business model - and the businesses that already employ it - so it can be replicated in new markets. The G20 Challenge provides a global platform to learn from successful leaders in inclusive business, and enables these leaders to come together and develop linkages with other inclusive businesses.
Up to 15 winners will be selected, and their innovative business models showcased and recognized at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Mexico, in June 2012, as well as at workshops on inclusive business.
Deadline: 29 February 2012
Call For Proposals: Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia
START, with funding from CDKN presents Call for Proposals (CFP) for research on integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation for resilient development in South Asia. They expect to fund up to five research projects of a maximum $110,000 USD for up to 19-months’ duration. The geographical scope of the CFP is Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Deadline: 29 February 2012