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The
international development and business communities are moving
closer together. From the development side, NGOs, multilateral
and bilateral donors have recognised the considerable importance
of the private sector to poverty elimination and the potential
of working with the private sector to enhance developmental
impact (DFID 2000). On the other hand, businesses are increasingly
aware of the commercial benefits of being more "responsible"
and understanding the natural and social environment around
them. DFID has commissioned the Natural Resources Institute
(NRI) and the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) to stimulate
debate on the role of business in development and particularly
its relationship to the sustainable livelihoods approach.
A series of case studies and a paper address 2 broad questions:
· How can the SL approach help to understand and harness the
power of the private sector to meet development goals? · What
can the SLA offer business in understanding in greater details
its relationship with society?
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Case
Studies:
Case Studies 1 & 2: 'The Kenyan Tea Value Chain and Sustainable
Livelihoods & The Indonesian Cocoa Value Chain and Sustainable
Livelihoods' word file / pdf
file
Case Study 3: 'The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) and
Migrant Contract Labourword' word
file
Case Study 4: 'UAIL and the Proposed Mining of Bauxite'
word file
Case
Study 5: 'BSES and Rural Access to Electricity' word
file
Case
Study 6: 'Ghana Subvented Agency Reform' word
file
Case
Study 7: 'A Social and Economic Assessment of the Closure
of BP Llandarcy' word file
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Bibilography
on Business and Sustainable Livelihoods
word file
It
is hoped that these contributions will help to stimulate discussion.
Please feel free to write to the authors, or to communicate
via the Post-it Board. We look forward to hearing your comments.
Anne Tallontire, NRI, University of Greenwich, a.m.tallontire@greenwich.ac.uk
Ian Barney, CDS, University of Wales, Swansea, i.barney@swansea.ac.uk
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