Demand side’s perspective on Inclusive Business (1)

Lack of access to the formal economy

• ­No registration and legal documents
• Products too expensive
• ­Therefore can’t have long term contracts
• ­Geographically inaccessible
• ­Bad infrastructure
• ­Exclusion of minorities (sexual, racial, ethnic)

 Example for social exclusion:

(Source: Márquez, P.; Reficco, E. & Berger, G. (2010). Socially Inclusive Business. London: Harvard University.)

Simon Locher and Marc Maurer in dependence on UNDP. (2010). The MDGs: Everyone’s Business: How Inclusive Business models contribute to development and who supports them. United Nations Development  

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