Building sustainable fisheries, monitoring landslide risk, studying the emerging bio-economy: these are some of the research projects announced today in the newest round of an inter-agency partnership to foster collaborative global research. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awards will advance the scientific and technical capacity of the U.S. […]
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Dell Pushes UN To Adopt Entrepreneurship In Its New Global Development Agenda
If Dell CEO Michael Dell has his way, the next Mark Zuckerberg will not be born in the world technology capitol of Silicon Valley – rather, he might emerge from a developing economy beyond American borders, where an entrepreneurship ecosystem is still in its infancy. On June 26, his company kicked off an “#entrepreneursUNite” campaign to promote entrepreneurship worldwide by adopting a provision, […]
‘Profitability is Sustainability’ : 17 ideas on business and development
The challenge to business Adapt your models for poor countries: The role of the private sector goes beyond bolt-on philanthropic activities, it can be embedded in everyday business. This demands different business models. In GSK’s case, developing medicines and vaccines and making sure they are accessible is the contribution we can make. We have switched […]
General Motors Bets $5 Billion on Emerging Markets Future
General Motors has seen the future. And it ain’t here. Not exactly, anyway. The nation’s largest automaker still is bullish on the U.S. and other “mature” markets, but the company is announcing today it will invest $5 billion to develop a new, wide-ranging vehicle architecture to enhance the competitiveness of its mainstream Chevrolet brand in […]
Business Sees International Development As Both Duty And Opportunity
Many who work in the field of international development think of governments and large multilateral development institutions like the IMF and World Bank along with other large NGOs as the real players in that space. Increasingly, however, business is playing a role as more people in the commercial world recognize both the responsibility and the opportunities […]
Will private sector money radically transform development?
One of the buzzwords at the recently concluded Financing for Development (FFD3) conference in Addis was ‘partnership’. At just one side event, hosted by the One Campaign, 30 speakers mentioned the word 34 times in just two hours. At the International Business Forum, held in parallel to FFD3, the conference secretary-general, Wu Hungbo said that […]
Will Aid for Trade momentum continue after Global Review?
For aid for trade advocates, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the third International Conference on Financing for Development is likely welcome news — it mentions trade 53 times and includes a section on the importance of trade in reducing poverty. When many of those working on aid for trade issues gathered at the start of this […]