Projects

Since 2008, Business on the Frontlines students have worked on 35 projects ranging across industries including Mining, Agriculture, and Edcuation while tackling important issues such as unemployment, health and sanitation, and human trafficking. The impact summaries below highlight the background, project execution, recommendations and outcomes for each team. 

Show projects from: --Country-- Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Cambodia Colombia East Timor Egypt Ethopia Ghana Guatemala Honduras Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Lebanon Lesotho Nicaragua Palestine Philippines Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa Sri Lanka Uganda --Year-- 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

• Palestine - Increasing market opportunities for disadvantaged women in the West Bank
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon
• Uganda - Exploring expanding construction capabilities in education
• Colombia - Development of peaceful livelihoods for FARC ex-combatants
• Guatemala - Developing livelihood opportunities for indigenous populations
• Ghana - Ensuring the livelihood of a community once a mine closes
• Kiribati - Combating malnutrition
• Philippines - Fighting child labor
• Uganda - Launching the First Development Impact Bond for Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Bolivia - Enhancing business strategy and operations to serve isolated communities
• East Timor - Expanding agriculture market linkages
• Philippines - Designing programs to reduce the tragedy of child sex trafficking
• Sri Lanka - Post-civil war youth reconciliation & employment
• Indonesia - New business investment ideas for disaster preparedness
• Lesotho - Enhancing business operations to serve vulnerable children
• South Africa - Evaluation of rural/urban electrification project
• Indonesia - Business opportunities based on trash
• Uganda - Electrifying last mile communities
• Honduras - Combining Security and Business Toward Long-term Stability
• Guatemala - Business case for investment in new crop
• Ghana - Exploring NGO-MNCs partnerships to strengthen business environments
• Cambodia - New framework for nutrition programming based on education & behavior
• Lesotho - Enhancing NGO operations to serve vulnerable children
• Rwanda - New framework for nutrition programming based on education & behavior
• Philippines - Solutions into meso-finance market
• Sierra Leone - Testing approaches to improve maternal and childhood health
• Rwanda - Novel approaches to generating youth employment
• Nicaragua - Rural poverty alleviation and agricultural investment improvement
• Philippines - Analyzing mining context
• Guatemala - Expanding crop and improving the livelihood of campesinos
• Ethopia - Program measurement & evaluation system
• Egypt - Developing agriculture opportunities to relieve youth unemployment
• Rwanda - Scaling small farm-holders investments
• Philippines - Building peace and cooperation through coffee
• Uganda - Technical solutions for improved well maintenance
• Uganda - Business case for targeted investment in crop infrastructure
• Lebanon - Bridging sects through electricity investments
• Kenya - Business case for targeted investment in crop infrastructure
• Lebanon - Improving entrepreneurial opportunities in post-conflict business environment
• Bosnia - Improving entrepreneurial opportunities in post-conflict business environment