February 2013 Help Needed  Business mentor for Oasis Coffins TBN Partner David How runs Oasis Coffins, who some of you heard from at the Partners Day in December. Oasis Coffins make coffins and other bamboo products in rural Bangladesh, providing sustainable quality jobs for local people, and impacts the environment for good. It's units in Bangladesh securely employ more than 70 peolpe, many of them from marginalised backgrounds. They are seeking a business mentor with experience in cost accounting, factory processes and inventory control. The mentor will help build the capacity of the local finance manager and help establish good cost accounting and reporting processes within Oasis Coffin's Bangladesh factory. If you have skills to offer David and Oasis please get in touch on ops@tbnetwork.org. There's also more information on our website. Updating your LinkedIn profile with TBN  At the Partners Day in December we heard from Harrison & Stuart about some quick wins that Members and Partners of TBN can do to increase the effectiveness and impact of their social media profiles. Updating your LinkedIn profile is one of them. We're written a quick tutorial on how to add TBN to your LinkedIn profile, meaning everyone who views your profile can find out about TBN and what you are doing to give the poor a hand up out of poverty. It takes just 2 minutes and is a big boost to your profile and to TBN, so why not give it a go now »Resources & Events If you've got any thoughts or comments on any of the resources shared here, or want to suggest some that you think the Network would find useful, please let us know on ops@tbnetwork.org  [article] "It doesn't take a village" This article from The Economist summarises the findings of a new World Bank report which suggests that a the rosey notion of local-level aid working perfectly (compared to aid given to higer level government) just isn't true. We think it's time for governments to change their plans about aid, and time for us business leaders to respond with practical, enterprise-driven solutions to poverty.  [report] What does it take to create jobs? The IFC, a development institution focussed on the private sector, has released a report summarising their research into which factors holds back private sector growth, and which factors can result in job growth. The 4 key factors they identify that hold back the private sector are: a bureaucratic and high-tax investment environment; unreliable or insufficient infrastructure (transport, power, communications); access to finance, often due to company size; and low-skilled workforce. Their report goes into more detail on each of these factors, plus a few more, and is well worth a read if you're interested in this area. Read the summary report (2.3MB PDF) or the full report (5.5MB PDF), or the report's webpage for more resources.  [event] Business as Mission Global Congress || 25-28 Apr Our friends at BAM are running The Global Congress on Business as Mission this April in Thailand. It's the culmination of a year-long think tank process addressing key strategic issues related to what we do. Groups from around the world will be presenting case studies and models. Visit www.bamthinktank.org/congress for more information. | 
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