The Business of Sustainable Development in Africa

by Hamann, Ralph; Woolman, Stu; Sprague, Courtenay

• ISBN13: 9789280811681
• ISBN10: 9280811681
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: United Nations Univ

Summary

This book is about enhancing the contribution of business to sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on both challenges and opportunities. Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where the proportion of extremely poor people increased during the final decades of the previous century. The overarching imperative to support Africa's poor in their quest for better livelihoods, human rights and environmental integrity, is a huge challenge, and the business community has an important role to play. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of this role and its implications for decision-makers in business, as well as, to some extent, government and civil society.

Table of Contents

Forewords	p. vii
Prologue: Purpose and Scope of this Book	p. ix
Introducing corporate citizenship	p. 1
Truly enlightened self-interest: Business, human rights and the UN Global Compact	p. 36
Partnerships and cross-sector collaboration	p. 54
Alternative approaches to reaching the bottom of the pyramid	p. 83
Sasol and petrochemical investment in developing countries, and the UN Global Compact	p. 97
Learning from the experience of AngloGold Ashanti in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	p. 116
Global Alumina's efforts to mitigate conflict-related risks in the Republic of Guinea	p. 132
A beacon of stability in a sea of unrest - Pharmakina in the DRC	p. 146
Preempting land-related conflicts: The case of VCP and eucalyptus plantations in Brazil	p. 156
Weaving sustainable partnerships in Zanzibar: The social fabric of women's entrepreneurship	p. 172
Who is responsible for the squatter camps? Mining companies in South Africa and the challenge of local collaboration	p. 189
Creating opportunities for sustainable community development: Magadi Soda Company in Kenya	p. 208
Malawi Business Action Against Corruption	p. 225
The South African National Anti-Corruption Forum	p. 244
Testing the limits of inclusive capitalism: A case study of the South Africa HP i-community	p. 259
VidaGás: Powering health clinics and households in Mozambique with liquefied petroleum gas	p. 273
Aspen Pharmacare: Providing affordable generic pharmaceuticals to treat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis	p. 285
Honey Care Africa: A tripartite model for sustainable beekeeping	p. 299
A model of clean energy entrepreneurship in Africa: E+Co's path to scale	p. 321
Stitch Wise: Strategic knowledge management for pro-poor enterprise on South Africa's goldfields	p. 341
Notes on the Authors	p. 356
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