Business Action for Africa

Business Action Africa Summary Leaflet

Opening Statement by the UK Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, G8 Business Action for Africa Summit, 5 July 2005

Speech by The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, UK Secretary of State for International Development, G8 Business Action for Africa Summit, 6 July

G8 Business Action for Africa Summit Press Notice, 5/6 July 2005

G8 Business Action for Africa Summit Conference Statement, 5/6 July 2005

G8 Business Action for Africa Summit Agenda, 5/6 July 2005

BBC News coverage of G8 Business Action for Africa Summit, 5/6 July 2005:"African business in push for trade", "Firms join global poverty fight"


Commission for Africa and 2005 G8

Gleneagles Implementation Plan for Africa: Latest Update

Implementation of the Commission for Africa recommendations and G8 Gleneagles’ commitments on poverty: The UK’s contribution, March 2006

Commission for Africa Report (English, French and Portuguese)

Commission for Africa “Messages for Business” Leaflet (English)

Official Website of the 2005 G8

2005 G8 Africa Communiqué

Business Leaders Statement on the Commisson for Africa

World Economic Forum Africa Economic Summit Communiqué, 2005


The International Community and the Private Sector

The World Bank and Private Sector Development

World Bank Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

World Bank Group Private Sector Development Strategy

The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Private Sector

Speech by the Rt Hon Hilary Been MP, UK Secretary of State for International Development, on growth and private sector, at launch of DFID 2006 White Paper consultation, 19 January

DFID and Corporate Social Responsibility

The UK International Development Committee Inquiry on Private Sector Development

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Private Sector

Recent report on USAID’s view of and experience with public-private alliances “Public-Private Alliances for Transformational Development”.

The UN and Business

The UN Global Compact

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships

OECD Report on Private Sector Development

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a programme of the African Union

The African Development Bank and the Private Sector


Business and Development

Business and the Millennium Development Goals - UNDP and IBLF

Business and Millennium Development Goals - World Bank Institute

World Bank Institute - Business, NGOs and Development - Virtual Resource Centre

Business impact on development: 10 practical actions to support Africa's development

Bridging the Gap: Business and Poverty - IBLF

FT Business and Development supplement - sponsored by IBLF

Bending the Arc

UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development

Growing Sustainable Business for Poverty Reduction - UNDP Growing Sustainable Business Initiative

Exploring the Links Between International Business and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Unilever in Indonesia

Business for Development - Business solutions in support of the Millennium Development Goals - World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Doing business with the poor - a field guide - World Business Council for Sustainable Development

International Business Cases at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Overseas Development Institute Programme on Business and Development Performance

Optimising the Development Performance of Corporate Investment - Overseas Development Institute

The Business of Poverty - Overseas Development Institute

Non-Government Organisations and the Private Sector

Oxfam and the Private Sector