Post written for Business Fights Poverty by Randall  Kempner, Executive Director,Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

 

 

Alleviating global poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing…

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Post written for Business Fights Poverty by Randall  Kempner, Executive Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)

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DFID is recruiting for Private Sector Development Advisors at various grades.

In October 2010, the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, stated that “It is my intention to recast DFID as a government department that understands the private sector, that has at its disposal the right tools to deliver and that is equipped to support a vibrant, resilient and growing business sector in the poorest…

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Press Release, London, New York —The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to open nominations for the 2010 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – eight internationally-agreed goals to alleviate poverty by 2015.







Created in 2000, the Awards recognize the key contributions the private… Continue

This year marks the midpoint in one of the most ambitious poverty-elimination efforts ever undertaken – the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In this pivotal year, when the objectives are being reassessed and strategies retooled to achieve these objectives, the biennial World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) in support of the goals, to be unveiled 24 September, will throw ambitious and innovative efforts by business to help meet these targets into the limelight.



As UN…

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Next week a series of events, taking place alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, will explore business' contribution to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The Business Fights Poverty team will be there and will post blogs each day. To kick things off, here is an article by Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB. This is from the recent Business Action for Africa publication, "MDGs at the Mid-Point: Accelerating Business-Led Growth and Collective Action". To download… Continue

FROM INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:



Established by the International Chamber of Commerce in 2000 and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), the biennial World Business and Development Awards (WBDA) are the first worldwide business awards to… Continue

By Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Anglo American

The Millennium Development Goals were the product of a moment of optimism in history. In setting some clear targets for reducing poverty and some related measures, the UN Secretary General and participating governments…

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PRESS RELEASE: Yokohama, Japan, 30 May 2008



Representatives from 51 African countries, including 40 Heads of State and Government, joined with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan, in creating a blueprint for a “century of African growth” at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), the three-day summit-level event in Yokohama, Japan, that concluded today.



Prime Minister Fukuda said in his opening address that, “In the future, Africa will… Continue

Today, the UK Government and the United Nations Development Programme will be hosting an event of over 80 CEO’s in London. The Business Call to Action event will bring together business leaders from around the world and challenge their companies to explore new business opportunities that use their core business expertise in a way that contributes both to the Millennium Development… Continue

Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, set a fresh, bold direction for the UK’s aid agency, the Department for International Development, on Monday. In a speech at an event co-hosted by Business Action for Africa… Continue