"Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance."
John F. Kennedy

Andean Region

Since 2006, some 927 families have benefited from the development of SNV-CEMDES Inclusive Business projects in the Ecuador. This article (in Spanish), published in El Telégrafo describes SNV’s experiences working with Pronaca and Industrias Lácteas Toni and explains the entrepreneurial programme undertaken with the Guayaquil Chamber of Industries.
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Development Jobs in Latin America: A Focus on Locals, Specialists

This article, which featured on the Development Executive Group website (www.devex.com) discusses development employment opportunities in the Latin American region and highlights the staff make-up, priorities and partners of SNV in Latin America. Read article...
How do private firms create and distribute wealth?
This article, published in the prestigious pan-American magazine Latin Trade, outlines an ongoing Private Sector Mapping project being undertaken by SNV in the Latin American region and describes how firms can create and distribute wealth to low-income communities through Inclusive Business projects. Read article...
Inclusive Businesses: A Proposal with a Social Approach
Published in the Ecuadorian Ozono magazine in April 2009, this article outlines the SNV-WBCSD Alliance in Ecuador and describes a joint Inclusive Business project undertaken with Industrias Lácteas Toni and Cervecería Nacional.


Economic Inclusion and Inclusive Business

SNV-WBCSD have together created new prospects for approaching the challenges of poverty through Inclusive Business models. This article (in Spanish) featured in the Latin American magazine Estrategia y Negocios and discusses economic inclusion and Inclusive Business. Read article...
Inclusive Business in 20 Ecuadorian companies


In Ecuador, approximately 20 companies have launched Inclusive Businesses thanks to SNV consultancy services. Through technical assistance programmes, financed by IDB-MIF and Corporación Andina de Fomento (in English, Andean Development Corporation), the companies have incorporated small producers within their value chains through the direct purchase of raw materials. Read article (in Spanish)...

Central America
Biodiesel in Honduras
This article (in Spanish) published in Nicaragua’s La Tribuna asks whether biodiesel can be produced without negative effects in neighbouring Honduras and whether it can reduce poverty in that country. The article assesses SNV’s work with the Dinant Corporation in cultivating crops for the production of biodiesel on marginal agricultural land in the Comayagua valley.
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