You are invited to a special Networking Happy Hour to support entrepreneur-driven models of development.  

Come learn about leading organizations working to bring innovative, market-based solutions to global poverty.  Network with others committed to unleashing the potential of small business entrepreneurs to become true catalysts in the development of their communities.  

Co-sponsored by The Aspen Institute, TechnoServe, Ashoka, Young Americas Business Trust,
World Resources Institute, International Private Enterprise Group, Endeavor & Root Capital 

Hosted by Agora Partnerships
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Play Lounge
1219 Connecticut Ave., NW

$10 donation with free Flor de Cana rum drinks all evening & other great drink specials

Tell us you're coming at rsvp@agorapartnerships.org

I'm very happy to announce the release of the WRI business case study, What Works: Mi Farmacita Nacional, authored by Enrique Coronado ('08), Christina Krettecos ('07), and Yvonne Lu ('07) of Columbia Business School.

Mi Farmacita Nacional, a fully for-profit pharmacy franchise, is among the first retailers of generic medications to serve low-income communities in Mexico. Mi Farmacita was launched in 2003 and has since more than doubled its number of outlets every year to reach 57 outlets as of March 2007. Outlets in operation for a minimum of 22 months are now processing an average of 2,400 transactions/month in sales of affordable medications, doctor consultations, filtered water, telephone access, and other essential products and services.

What Works: Mi Farmacita Nacional analyzes the business strategies that have enabled Mi Farmacita's rapid growth and success in serving low-income communities.

This case study was made possible through the generous support of the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Social Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School.