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Case Study - Emerging Market Development: ICT-4 Development
Based on experience with a multinational Information Technology (IT) solutions provider, this study focuses on the achievement of sales growth of 100% over 5 years through emerging market development. The Company hired Development Finance International, Inc. to build a program from the ground up centered on securing procurement opportunities from the international development banks. Target regions include Asia, Latin America, and Eastern and Central Europe. |
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Case Study - Emerging Market Analysis: Following the Money
Faced with stagnant sales in Africa, a leading corporation in agricultural inputs commissioned DFI to consider how current and future investment flows – both donor and private – could impact on the demand for their offerings over the coming five years. In short, will Africa be the location of the next Green Revolution? |
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Case Study - Product Pre-Launch: Aid-Driven Advocacy
Charged with creating market demand for new healthcare products, the marketing department for a multinational health organization turned to DFI to help build an advocacy strategy to secure such pre-launch support. DFI is instrumental in the efforts to create demand prior to approval of several new health commodities for diseases prevalent in the developing world. |
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Case Study - Corporate Social Responsibility: Helping Overseas Workers Invest Wisely
An American business association, dedicated to improving the investment climate for US firms in Asia, is approached by the President of the Philippines to consider how best to improve the investment decisions of its overseas workers – remittances from overseas is a major driver of GNP yet in too many cases, the money is not used productively. DFI, Inc. is contracted to design and administer a survey of overseas workers and to recommend how the American business association and other interested partners could help boost the financial literacy of Philippine overseas workers. |
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Case Study - Corporate Social Responsibility: Public-Private Partnership in Higher Education
The Research & Development Lab of a large ICT multinational wants to get ahead of the competition for global technical and engineering talent and strategically align its philanthropic investments in Higher Education Institutions. The company hires DFI, Inc. to consolidate multi-stakeholder initiatives in Latin America and Africa, by leveraging the international development agencies. |
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Case Study - Procurement Systems Evaluation: Maximizing Impact of Health Funding
An international donor is preparing to launch a new strategy to combat malaria. Recognizing that procurement practices can either ease or complicate the timely and cost-effective delivery of needed supplies, DFI is hired to review past procurements of malaria commodities and make recommendations for more efficient, transparent, and client-responsive procurement practices and tools. |