The Working Party on aid effectiveness hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has initiated work on the private sector in the context of aid effectiveness with a view to better understand the role of aid as a catalyst to support effective private sector contribution to development. Building [...]
About the authors Hidemi Yoshida is an associate professor of the Hosei Graduate School of Environmental Management and the Faculty of Humanity and Environment of Hosei University in Tokyo. Her research areas include microfinance, social entrepreneurship, and poverty alleviation through CSV (Creating Shared Value). She published the Japanese Version of the GIM Report “Creating Value [...]
About the authors Kathrin Hamm worked as Managing Director of the Afghan German Management College where she was responsible to build up the operations across Afghanistan. Under her leadership the college was distinguished by the UNESCO and formed to a profitable social enterprise, serving more than 400 Afghan students with a strong focus on women [...]
As part of The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition, an article recently submitted talks about the role private sector can play in international health development. The article features, among others, ‘SMS for Life‘, an innovative public-private partnership between Novartis, IBM, Vodafone, the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and the Roll Back Malaria campaign to monitor drug [...]
Charlie Dou is an adjunct Professor and Research Associate, Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University, USA; CEO, Beijing Bergey Windpower Co. Ltd., served as International advisor for UNDP/GEF on renewable energy project in China, key Expert for EU, Consultant for the World Bank/GEF, etc. He is directly involved in many research and international projects [...]
In the framework of the fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, UNDP – in partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the State Planning Organization (SPO), the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), Vodafone and Visa – organized a seminar / workshop on “Expanding Global Financial Inclusion through Government to [...]
In a recent speech delivered at the occasion of the private sector side event of the Japan MDG Conference (Tokyo, 3 June 2011), attended by about 400 people, including Japanese company executives and representatives from over 40 diplomatic missions, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark speaks about the potential of the private sector for achieving the MDGs, [...]
About the author Charlie Dou is an adjunct Professor and Research Associate, Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University, USA; CEO, Beijing Bergey Windpower Co. Ltd., served as International advisor for UNDP/GEF on renewable energy project in China, key Expert for EU, Consultant for the World Bank/GEF, etc. He is directly involved in many research [...]
About the author Sourav Mukherji is Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. An engineer from IIT Kharagpur, Sourav obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His major research interests are strategic and structural challenges faced by Indian firms competing in global markets. At IIM Bangalore, [...]
About the author Sourav Mukherji is Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. An engineer from IIT Kharagpur, Sourav obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His major research interests are strategic and structural challenges faced by Indian firms competing in global markets. At IIM Bangalore, [...]
About the author With over eighteen years of work experience spanning sectors and development issues, Dr. Bimal Arora is associated with several organisations, including the UNDP and UNRISD and is on the Advisory Board of CSR International, UK. After spending six years in the UK, researching and consulting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Inclusive [...]
About the author Sourav Mukherji is Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. An engineer from IIT Kharagpur, Sourav obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His major research interests are strategic and structural challenges faced by Indian firms competing in global markets. At IIM Bangalore, [...]
About the author Wafa Elgarah is an Assistant Professor at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco and Academic Coordinator of the Post-experience Graduate Programs. She holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from University of Central Florida, USA and an MBA in Marketing and Management from University of North Texas, USA. Her research has appeared [...]
Olayinka David-West is a lecturer of Information Systems at Lagos Business School, and has over 19 years experience in the local IT industry. She is also an academic director at the Enterprise Development Services (EDS) Centre of Pan-African University. She combines her teaching and research interests with industry consulting engagements in the areas of Strategic [...]
About the author Pascale Nader is an independent market research consultant, specialized in consumer knowledge management in emerging markets, across the Middle East and North Africa. She consults with a network of local and international organizations to influence their business strategy and processes. As Director of qualitative research (2006-2008), she led a regional business unit [...]
Wafa Elgarah is an Assistant Professor at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane in Morocco with a PhD in Management Information Systems. She has written two GIM case studies on renewable energy in Morocco
