Part one of a series of three presentations demonstrating the best thing about GSR projects is that they not only work on a small budget – they actually make a large profit while they help rural economies to grow.

1. Practical Triple Bottom Line Development
Part 1

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In order to empower sustainable
development in rural communities
in Africa, building a profitable prime
mover industry alone is not enough.
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Generally, investments in the
developing world focus on export
oriented businesses and neglect local
development.
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4. Such business operations often cause
terrible damage to the local
environment.
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5. …and only bring in low paying unskilled labor jobs to
the local community.
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6. Instead of resulting in a positive impact,
such projects impoverish local
communities.
Whatever capital comes into the
community quickly leaves…
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7. True triple bottom line development must bring
strong sustained profitability, but must at the
same time:
1. result in full employment
2. focus on satisfying local requirements
3. galvanize all local stakeholders
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8. This is the GSR difference. GSR partners
with rural communities to build vibrant
economies that get people working, clean
up the environment and improve the
quality of life.
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9. GSR has developed the
perfect formula to transform
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10. impoverishment…
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11. into thriving self reliant economies
worth millions of dollars
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12. But … how much does it cost?
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13. Is it like throwing good money to
the wind?
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14. Or dropping billions of dollars
down a black hole?
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15. The best thing about GSR projects is that they
not only work on a small budget – they actually
make a large profit while they help rural
economies to grow!
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16. Here is the GSR formula
•Partnerships, no NGO dictated projects
•Full employment
•Recycling profits to empower local economy
•Focus on meeting local needs
•Microfinance + OTJ training to promote entrepreneurs
•Local distribution network
•Appropriate technology
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17. In Part II of this presentation, we
will look at how GSR puts this
formula into practice
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