The challenges of developing scalable impactful businesses in developing markets are broadly understood and well socialized: limited infrastructure, inefficient distribution, ineffective government systems, unreliable supply chains, and unpredictable regulatory environments all make it difficult to unlock growth. But, there is an inherent tension in addressing these challenges: thoughtful solutions require targeted interventions, while scale requires […]

SPRING Accelerator conducted a landscaping study to explore the lives of adolescent girls in Nepal. Download: SPRING Nepal Girls Landscaping Report

What are the ‘must-dos’ other businesses should consider if they want to scale, succeed and deliver impact in emerging markets? On International Women’s Day 2019, SPRING finally kicked off off its Business Fights Poverty blog series ‘Businesses for impact in the spotlight’. Every month, we’ll interview one SPRING entrepreneur to find out how their products revolutionise health, education, […]

“The future isn’t female. It’s equal.” Gender equality is also about overcoming male gender stereotypes.The global journalism platform Fair Planet asked Agata Slota, from Palladium, and Julia Hanne, from Spring Accelerator what gender equality means to them. Read the full interview here. Working with governments, businesses and investors, Palladium believes that global change will come from […]

There is growing consensus that business has enormous potential to help address societal challenges, achieve economic prosperity and unlock the growth potential of girls and women. The global development community has also ramped up efforts to achieve gender equality by 2030 and made it one of its the Sustainable Development Goals. If girls and women […]

What does being a girl in Pakistan mean? This report represents an effort to understand girls’ lives in context – through their eyes and their and their aspirations – and is the fourth in the girl research series which aims to help businesses understand their end users. Download: SPRING Pakistan Girls Landscaping Report

This Bangladesh girl landscaping report is the third in the series of girl research. It provides a window into girls’ lives in Bangladesh and aims to be a catalyst for future work to understand girls and meet their needs.

Between February and May 2016, SPRING conducted landscaping studies exploring the lives of adolescent girls in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. Employing a range of qualitative and participatory approaches, the research aims to complement insights from earlier literature reviews. The resulting report represents this effort to understand girls’ lives in context – through their eyes and […]

This toolkit demonstrates the potential, scale and viability of girls and young women as a consumer market and as a workforce; and is designed as a resource on how to invest to positively affect their lives. While this is a new market, current work is starting to prove this potential and this guide should serve […]

Between February and May 2018, SPRING conducted a landscaping study to explore the lives of adolescent girls in Myanmar. Employing a range of qualitative and participatory approaches, the research endeavoured to complement insights from earlier literature reviews. The resulting report represents this effort to understand girls’ lives in context – through their eyes and their […]