- Lack of basic market infrastructure in needy neighbourhoods
- Lack of business support
- Lack of market information
- Lack of financial services
- No affordable credits
- Lack of formal markets
- Informal business based on contacts and not contracts
- “Latin America also features high levels of informality: more than half of its labor force earns a living in the informal economy, …” (Márquez, P.; Reficco, E. & Berger, G. (2010). Socially Inclusive Business. London: Harvard University.)
- Lack of transparency
- Very complex nets of supply chains involving many contractors and subcontractors
