Organizations from different sectors are increasingly recognizing the potential of greater cooperation to achieve positive change and improve the way that individual organizations can approach their work. This new outlook finds nongovernmental organizations identifying opportunities to work with private sector companies and, in turn, companies are seeing the benefits of greater engagement with civil society […]
Private Sector
SGDs and the private sector: Creating a win-win scenario
End poverty. End Hunger. Provide full employment. These are just three of the items on humanity’s greatest wish list — the new sustainable development goals, expected to be finalized by the United Nations this fall. It is impossible to imagine coming close to achieving these goals, and the 14 others, without the private sector. With […]
Development in Private Sector Engagement in Developing Countries
This month marks the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day—when Nazi Germany surrendered to the allied powers and World War II ended in Europe. This occasion is an important opportunity to reflect on how the postwar reconstruction plan shapes our current model of economic engagement with the developing world and to consider expanding the […]
What is the Role for the Private Sector in International Development?
A recent survey of over 1,300 development professionals by Devex.com found that 91% see business as a positive force in socio-economic development of poor countries. 81% think increasing private sector involvement in global development is ‘very important’. Clearly business is no longer seen as “part of the problem” as it once was – not too […]