CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS,KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS, ANDBUSINESS PLANS

Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy

A HOW-TO LIBRARY ON GROWING INNOVATION

Over its three-year lifespan, the Finland-supported Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy (CSBKE) has helped thousands of innovators launch a business, grow it, and create sustainable, inclusive jobs. All along, we have been researching and exploring exciting new development opportunities. The result is this collection of documents—a foundational library on entrepreneurship support and an essential starting point for future innovation programs.

mLab Outcome Assessment

•Granularsurveyoftheim-pacts of infoDev’s flagshipmobile centers along keyperformanceindicators, inthecontextoftheirrespec-tive entrepreneurship en-vironments

•Will inform the design offuture mobile incubationcenters by infoDev andpartners

The Business Models of mLabs and mHubs—an Evaluation of infoDev’s Mobile Innovation Support Pilots

•In-depth analysis of theworking of mLabs andmHubs,includingsuccess-es, avenues for improve-ment, and future networkopportunities

Monitoring and Evaluation Methodology for mLabs

•Newly redesigned frame-workforzeroinginonmo-bileincubationimpacts

•Draws from experiencegenerated by ongoingmLab operations, and willin turn standardize futuremLab reporting bench-marks

Delivering a Mobile Innovation Roadshow

•Codifiesthebestpracticesemerging from infoDev’sMobile Innovation Road-showactivities

•Analyzes lessons fromagribusines and mobilecrossoverworkinBotswa-na,Mozambique,Namibia,andZambia

Growing Food, Products and Businesses

•Aggregates agribusinessincubationlessonsfrom10case studies across LatinAmerica,Asia,andAfrica

•Downloaded over 1,900times

Broadband Regulation Training Curriculum

•Designed to enable ICTpractitioners inECA to le-verage ICTs, with a focuson broadband and mobileapplications

•Now a course offering bytheAmericanUniversityofCentralAsia;disseminatedthrough partners acrosstheregion

Mobile Usage at the Base of the Pyramid

•Designedtofurthergrowthofvoice,SMS,anddataca-pabilities for inclusive de-velopment

•In-depth look at develop-ment of two leading Afri-can mobile markets (Ke-nyaandSouthAfrica)withan emphasis on portablelessons

ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook

•“Living” virtual documentthatevolvesalongwithon-line interaction betweenpublic and private practi-tioners

•Encompassesmobileapps,media,andprojectupdates

Agricultural Innovation Systems Sourcebook

•Aggregates new knowl-edge on addressing thenewchallenges facingag-riculture stakeholders indevelopingnations

•Available globally throughGoogleBooks

Agribusiness Incubation Training Curriculum

•”How-to” course for en-abling agribusiness en-terprises in developingcountries and designingagribusinessincubators

•Designed to empoweragribusiness incubationspecialiststobuilduptheirinnovationecosystem

Guiding Ideas from Mind to Market

•SetsdowninfoDev’s“FromMind to Market” model ofspurringentrepreneurshipthrough innovation chal-lenges

•Codifies lessons from them2WorkChallengeandthefollow-up m2Work Hack-athon, which yielded 61mobileappprototypes

IC4D 2012: Maximizing Mobile

•Revealed new trends inmobile penetration andcontent, includingdiscretedevelopmentopportunities

•Covered in The Atlantic,CNN, CNET, Mashable,and the Washington Post,among other top globaloutlets

Lessons on Virtual Business Incubation Services

•Extracted best practicesfrom forward-thinking,location-independent in-cubator case studies (e.g.Endeavor,BiD,Villgro,etc.)

•Downloaded by over 700incubationpractitioners

Agribusiness Innovation Center Business Plans

•Models for cutting-edgeagribusiness value-chainentrepreneurship supportfacilities in Mozambique,Senegal, Tanzania, andEthiopia

•Designed to incorporatethe learning from variousinfoDevactivitiesandbearesourceforstakeholders

Strengthening Capacities for Innovation through Agribusiness Incubation Training

•Analyzes theeffectsof in-foDev’sAgribusinessIncu-bationTraining

•Thetraininghasbeenpro-videdto149peoplefrom25countries in Africa, Asia,Eastern Europe, and LatinAmerica

Paving the Way for ICT Growth through Business Incubation in Tanzania

•Analyzes the outcomesgenerated by the DarTeknohama Business In-cubator(DTBi)inTanzania

•Reveals DTBi contribu-tionsinpolicydevelopmentand advocacy that set thegroundwork for future in-cubationandICTsolutions

Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Assessment Toolkit

•Comprehensive tool forevaluating and developinginnovative agribusinessventuresfocusedonvalue-chainprocesses

•Designed to complementinfoDev’s incubation andtraining initiatives in thespace

Business Incubation in ECA Outcomes Assessment

•Studied 9 incubators in 8countries

•Compares beneficiaries’resultstoincubatorobjec-tives, broadening knowl-edgeonlong-termimpacts

Monitoring and Evaluation Methodology for Agribusiness Innovation Centers

•Custom-made frameworkfor measuring and en-hancing the effectivenessofeachcomponentofAICs

Virtual Business Incubation Lessons from Vietnam

•Designed to refine previ-ously established virtualincubation best practicesthroughtheirpracticalap-plicationinVietnam

Angel Investment Handbook

•DraftedinpartnershipwiththeKauffmanFoundation

•Extends best practicesfrom developed nationson creating angel investornetworkstothecontextofdevelopingcountries

Early-Stage Financing Gaps in the Mekong Region

•Analyzes institutional,structural, cultural, andlegal barriers for innova-tive ventures at an earlygrowthstage

•Details the importance ofenabling environmentsthatprovideentrepreneursand financiers incentivestomakedeals

Broadband Competitiveness Program in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia

•Assesses the broadbandmarketinECAwithafocusontheneedsofSMEs

•Addresses barriers andsolutions towards the im-provement of broadbandaccess at the retail andwholesalelevels

Early-Stage Financing Gaps in Southern Africa

•Scrutinizes the numerousfinancing constraints fac-ing the region’s innovativeentrepreneurs

•Studies possible solutionstoenhanceinvestabilityforfirms and support struc-turesforfinancingparties

Financing the Next Wave of African Innovators: Addressing Critical Funding Gaps for East African Technology Entrepreneurs

•Formulates recommenda-tionstoaddresstheseveregaps facedby the region’sinnovativeMSMEs

•Explores the feasibility ofPublic-Private Partner-shipstosolvefundinggaps

Connecting Entrepreneurs and Investors: Lessons Learned

•Codifies lessons for gen-erating cooperation andexchange of funding, net-works,andknowledgebe-tweenfinanciersandinno-vativefirms

Enabling International Market Linkages: Lessons and Insights

•Field-sourced manual onhow to spur internation-alization of enterprises indevelopingnations

•Studied 200 early-stageenterprises from over 35countries in Africa, Asia,Latin America, the Carib-beanandEasternEurope

Growth Oriented Women Entrepreneurs in the Mekong

•Detailsanewmethodologyforincreasingthecapacity,confidence and networksofgrowth-orientedwomenleadingsmallbusinesses

•In-depth analysis of im-pactsforwomenentrepre-neurs in Cambodia, Laos,andVietnam