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  Fiduciary responsibility. Legal and practical aspects of integrating environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment

  United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2009

  This report is about identifying future challenges within the financial system in order to reduce further crises like the Natural Resources Crisis. The authors integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment analysis in order to engage with companies to promote sustainable business practices.
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  Private saving in India and Malaysia compared: the role of financial liberalization and expected pension benefits

  Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2009

  This paper compares the evolution of private saving in India and Malaysia, and analyses how policy changes in the financial sectors and pension systems help explain differences in their saving performance. It assesses whether the ‘forced saving’ nature of the pension systems in India and Malaysia had any effect on voluntary saving by the private sector.
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  Responding to new pressures: Ithala Limited's changing role in serving the 'unbanked' and the poor in KwaZulu-Natal

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2009

  Since the apartheid-era, South Africa has operated government-supported development finance institutions (DFIs) that aim specifically to meet the financing needs of poor individuals and communities that are traditionally considered to be uncreditworthy.
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  Human rights and private sector development: a discussion paper

  North-South Institute, 2008

  There is a growing consensus that development cooperation activities should promote human rights, and that human rights can promote development. A growing number of donor agencies have adopted human rights policies that guide their cooperation activities.
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  From corporate philanthropy to strategic partnerships: the potential for inclusive and sustainable business models in MENA

  Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2009

  The economic turmoil brought about by the financial crisis of 2008, compounded by the impacts of a food crisis and pending climate change, has exacerbated many of the existing development challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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  Private sector development strategy - prosperity for all: making markets work

  Department for International Development, UK, 2009

  While experience across the developing world has shown that economic growth is essential for poverty reduction, it is less clear how particular economies grow. Increasingly, however, it is recognised that growth is in large part stimulated by the private sector and market activity.
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  Supporting entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid through business linkages

  International Business Leaders Forum, 2009

  Summary of a workshop held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2008 on big business support for entrepreneurs at the 'base of the pyramid' (BOP). Participants including key International corporate partners presented case studies of innovative and successful linkages and discussed the opportunities, challenges and success factors they have been able to identify.Of particular interest are:
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  Banking on Africa: Chinese financial institutions and Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008

  The Chinese drive into the resource sector in Africa has already received much attention in the media and academic literature. What has not been well understood is the role of Chinese financial institutions in support of the country’s resource strategy and its entry into the previously unknown African market.
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  Making value chains work better for the poor: a toolbook for practitioners of value chain analysis

  Making markets work better for the poor, 2009

  In providing the structures and processes for production and consumption in a society, markets lie at the heart of economic growth and poverty reduction. But in reality, poor people tend to have little access to the opportunities that markets make available. How can markets be made more inclusive?
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  The determinants of commercial bank profitability in sub-saharan Africa (SSA)

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2009

  The analysis of a sample of 389 banks, operating in 41 countries, from 1998 through 2006, shows that the bank profits are high in SSA compared to other regions. This picture holds true whether profitability is measured as returns on assets, returns on equity, or net interest margins.

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