Private sector and development
- Finding harmony for Aid donors and banks
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Aid donors are showing increasing interest for the private financial sector. At the same time, private banks interested in corporate social responsibility. his paper explores the considerable potential synergies which could be generated by an intensifying dialogue between private banks and aid donors.
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- More transparency in Development Finance Institutions' subsidisation of private sector infrastructure projects required
- ( D.W. te Velde;M. Warner / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007)
- Development finance institutions (DFIs) help the private sector to overcome risks posed by projects with large sunk costs. This paper explores the nature and extent of DFI subsidisation to private sec...
- How to use the considerable potential synergies between aid donors and private banks
- ( J. Rodríguez;J. Santiso / OECD Development Centre , 2007)
- Over the past decade, aid donors have shown interest for the private financial sector while, at the same time, private banks have shown increasing concern for corporate social responsibility. Private ...
- Supporting temporary markets to prevent excessive concentration in food retailing damaging both poor consumers and small farmers
- ( P. Moustier / Making markets work better for the poor , 2006)
- The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the...
- How can small and medium forest enterprises best be supported?
- ( D. Macqueen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
- This paper discusses the challenges small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) face in various economies, and reviews the growing consensus on best practice support structures....
- Policy should continue promoting technological adoption and innovation
- ( A. Burns / International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk , 2008)
- In the aftermath of 2007's credit turmoil, the global economy faces several serious downside risks: ...
- 2008 review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific
- ( United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2008)
- Examines the region’s key short and medium term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas and studies long-term development issues for the developing countries in ...
- Changing roles of public and private sector in the Middle East
- ( A. Sager / The Arab Reform Initiative , 2007)
- This paper explores the role of the private sector and the conditions of the birth of a national bourgeoisie in the Arab world. Traditionally, the oil-exporting rentier states of the Middle East do no...
- What should be done about unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa?
- ( S.M. Ahsan;X.-F. Liu / Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait , 2008)
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Unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is currently at a historical high, which may appear puzzling given economic growth in the region. The authors of this conference ...
- Community forest enterprises: combining avoided deforestation and poverty reduction
- ( D. Macqueen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007)
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Forests are not just crucial for keeping the global environment stable; they are also a lifeline for hundreds of millions of the world's poor. This paper presents community forest enterprise as a p...
- Are the leading banks doing enough to combat climate change?
- ( D.G. Cogan / Ceres , 2008)
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This report analyses the corporate governance and strategic approaches of 40 of the world’s largest banks to the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change. It is designed as a benc...
