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Blog: Notes from the Field: Lessons from HERfinance’s First Training

Meghna Talwar, Consultant, BSR

BSR's HERfinance—a financial literacy and inclusion program launched in late 2012—held its first-ever training for peer educators at a factory in India. Our consultant was on-site and reported back on what she learned from the session. Read more →

Posted: June 19, 2013 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Financial Services, Women & Sustainability

Blog: A Collaborative Approach in Myanmar

Chris Nolan, Associate Director, Advisory Services

In the frenzy to invest in Myanmar’s economic development, companies can work together to tackle some of the country’s biggest challenges. Read more →

Posted: June 17, 2013 | Topics: Collaboration, Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Information & Communications Technology, Travel & Tourism

Blog: Myanmar at the Crossroads

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

Myanmar is considered the last great frontier market. With a little help from business, it could develop in a sustainable manner. Read more →

Posted: June 11, 2013 | Topics: Economic Development, Human Rights, Investor Perspective

BSR Insight Article: The Other Women’s Movement: Factory Workers in the Developing World

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Note: This is part of a series of BSR articles on the tragedy in Bangladesh that will look at root causes, challenges, and how to prevent it from happening again. Read more 

Posted: May 29, 2013 | Topics: Consumer Products, Economic Development, Labor Rights, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: The Middle East’s ‘Latent’ Crisis—and What It Means for CSR

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services

At a recent breakfast event in our Paris office, BSR had the privilege of hearing from Hugo Micheron, a Paris-based economist who specializes in the Middle East. I caught up with Micheron after the event to get his take on where the Middle East is going, and what solutions exist to deal with what he has dubbed “the latent crisis in the Gulf.” Read more 

Posted: May 7, 2013 | Topics: Economic Development, Energy, Labor Rights

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