We need business to help finish the job
23 Sep 2008
Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General at UNDP, explains the sets the scene for the special report on the Millenium Development Goals
Sep 2008: Special report on the MDGs with UNDP
Success is not an aim, it is a moral duty
23 Sep 2008
Editor Roderick Crawford makes the moral case for us all to put the MDGs at the top of our agenda
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Teamwork wins the day in Africa
23 Sep 2008
Paul Skinner, chairman of Rio Tinto, argues that business has a vital role to play in partnership with governments to deliver the sustainable economic growth upon which the delivery of the Millennium Development Goals depends
What must be done if we really mean business
23 Sep 2008
Dave Prescott and Jane Nelson of the International Business Leaders Forum present a framework for action on the MDGs.
Public Sector-Private Sector Policy Dialogue Can Benefit Poor
23 Sep 2008
Presenting successful examples, David Wheeler and Sahba Sobhani ask business and government to rise to the complex information management challenge that meeting the MDGs presents
Horses for courses: what works in the market
23 Sep 2008
The authors of The Next Four Billion from the World Resources Insitute and the International Finance Corporation explain why knowing your market is vital when doing business with the poor
Creating Value for All
23 Sep 2008
Bruce Jenks and Jean-Michel Severino show how big business has discovered that in helping the poor of this world both they and their customers can end up better off
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Development could be much more effective if we started to think outside of the box
23 Sep 2008
Rosalind Eyben, fellow of the UK Institute of Development Studies, argues for new ways of thinking about aid with a focus on relational power
Half-way to what?
23 Sep 2008
Eight years ago we could never have imagined what the world would be like today, says Andy Sumner, fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. So how can we know what it will be like in 2015?
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How Uncle Sam could become a world champion
23 Sep 2008
Jane Nelson believes for the US to fulfil its potential it must become a champion of the MDGs
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Learning to live again
23 Sep 2008
Vicki Leach explains the work that O2 is doing in its commitment to the MDGs
When the poor can't pay but there's still a profit
23 Sep 2008
Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund explains how using patient capital allow companies to serve the needs of all
When a mobile can also mean a bank
23 Sep 2008
Suzi Soza presents examples from the financial sector of companies exploiting new technology to create access for the poorest
Helping the hungry poor to feed themselves
23 Sep 2008
Lisa Dreier of the World Economic Forum explains how business can help to reduce hunger and poverty
Ten of the best
23 Sep 2008
Roderick Crawford reports on the winners of the 2008 World Business and Development Awards
The field day beckoning the money markets
23 Sep 2008
Beth Jenkins shows how mobile finance can unlock new markets, increasing profit and driving through the MDGs.
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September 2008 edition
In association with UNDP, Parliamentary Brief brings together articles from experts at the interface between development and business, to coincide with the September 2008 UN events in New York. The report highlights progress so far towards MDGs, the role that business and government have to play, and presents the challenge to which we all need to rise if we are to meet our 2015 commitments.