Japonica InterSect (JI) will discuss improving
micro-commerce performance at the World Bank Private Sector Development
Forum 2006, “Markets & Growth: What, Where, When, and
How?” in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Christopher
Magarian, a Japonica InterSect Director of Finance, will report
at the “Microfinance & Disability” workshop how
the Charles & Agnes Kazarian Eternal Foundation’s (CAKE)
Community Micro-Commerce (Community) initiative uses JI research
to improve performance.
“CAKE requested 3 Titles from Japonica InterSect, its captive
subsidiary, specifically to discover top-quartile benchmarks and
high value-adding best practices in micro-commerce and disability,”
states Magarian. “Community used the research to maximize
SROI. Empowered by a substantial increase in performance, CAKE
has requested 2 additional micro-commerce Titles to be produced
1H 2006 from JI’s Microfinance Program backlog of 17.”
Currently, 25% of JI’s Microfinance Program Library is
devoted to micro-commerce and disability. Titles include “Microfinance
& Disability,” “Metrics to Assess Microfinance
for the Disabled,” and “Incentives for Lending to
the Disabled.” Each Title benefits from JI’s “DCC”
core competency -- Discovering top-quartile benchmarks and high
value-adding best practices among the world's 110 developing economies,
including the BRICs; Changing performance expectations, and Creating
value.
“JI supplied the knowledge for Community to substantially
raise the bar in servicing the disabled, not just in microfinance,
but with job training and placement, business development services,
and technical assistance,” notes Stephanie Mesrobian, a
Japonica InterSect Director of Global Resources. “Because
performance really matters to CAKE and its global network of capitalist-philanthropists
(CPs), JI’s Titles provide practical and actionable information
to deliver results.”
JI continues to set new DCC metrics records with: 246 benchmarks
and 492 best practices discovered; 96,000 hours of research (48
man-years); more than 4,500 source materials analyzed; 963 days
of training, and more than 250 professionals in its global network.
About Japonica InterSect
Established in 2002, JAPONICA INTERSECT is a global benchmarking
and best practice research firm that focuses exclusively on developing
economies’ intersectoral commerce. The firm’s special
core competency is Discovering top quartile benchmarks and high
value-adding best practices (Bs & BPs); Changing performance
expectations through market responsive research and analysis,
and Creating value by providing actionable management-level Bs
& BPs (DCC). Intersectoral Programs include Anti-corruption,
Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Development, Education
& Athletics, Export Development, Healthcare Economics, Media
& Press, Microfinance, Technology, and Tourism. Japonica InterSect
is independent and non-affiliated.
For more information contact: |
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| Stephanie Mesrobian |
| Director - Global Resources Group |
| Japonica InterSect |
| 401.861.6160 |
| smesrobian@japonica.com |
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