2009 Event Series Audio



Innovation in a crisis - Private sector strategies for development: access, competition and engagement in a downturn
What is the role of business in the development landscape? How will this change as the world enters an economic downturn? While it is clear that the private sector drives the economic growth that is critical for development, there is less clarity on how this role is best played.
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	Mike Foster MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, UK Department for International Development, launching DFID's Private Sector Development Strategy. Ann Grant, Vice Chair Standard Chartered Bank, speaking on corporate engagement in good business, and the implications of the downturn. Dame Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive of Oxfam, speaking on access to markets by the poor and how these are affected by the downturn . His Excellency Claver Gatete, Rwandan Ambassador to the UK, speaking on the challenge ofcreating competitive markets and the implications of the downturn. Audio of discussion with Mike Foster Audio of general discussion
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Core business competencies for development impact: moving beyond CSR
The shift from philanthropic CSR to using core business for development impact is no longer just an idea. It is being accepted within both the development and business sectors. What are the implications for how we approach investment, ethical trade, new technology and business culture?
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	Gareth Thomas MP, Minister of State for the UK Department for International Development and the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, speaking on the Government’s approach to leveraging the development benefits that business can have through its core business operations, such as responsible investment and trade. Mike Barry, Head of CSR at Marks and Spencer plc, and architect of M&S’s ‘Plan A’, speaking on how the company is meeting its ambitious commitments to being a ‘Fair Partner’ by adapting many different aspects of its supply chain and business approach. David Burling, commercial director of TUI UK, speaking on how the company is working with its suppliers in developing countries to improve labour and environmental standards for both social and commercial benefit. Graham Baxter, Director of Responsible Business Solutions at the International Business Leaders Forum, speaking on the opportunities and challenges of using core business competencies for development. Discussion
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How can markets work better for the poor? What approaches deliver impact at scale?
A growing number of projects are trying to help the poor engage in markets – selling their labour or products, or securing the inputs, finance and services they need. But too often the scale of impact is limited, the output unsustainable. New approaches are exploring how to make markets work for the poor – commercially, systemically and fairly.
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	Alan Gibson, co-founder of the Springfield Centre, speaking on DFID’s approach to "Making Markets Work for the Poor". Alan will outline how this approach to developing markets is being applied in practice, and its implications for how we should work in future. Dr William Kwesi Derban, Head of Community Relations, Emerging Markets at Barclays, speaking on the potential opportunities and challenges around reaching the poor at scale through commercial banking services that meet their needs, and the implications that access to finance has for their wider engagement in markets. William will draw on Barclays Bank's experience in providing access or extending financial services to the unbanked. Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation, speaking on their work promoting enterprise-based solutions, applying market principles and business DNA to generate sustainable and scaleable solutions. Chris will report on their experience and the challenges that it raises for local institutions, and all those that seek to support them. Jonathan Mitchell, Tourism Programme Leader, Overseas Development Institute, speaking on ODI's work to shift mindsets in tourism, to scale up impacts on poverty within the sector. Jon will outline how a value chain approach challenges assumptions about the best options for the poor, and helps reveal why some value chains work so much better for the poor than others. Discussion
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Putting market access into practice: reaching the bottom billion through corporate supply and distribution chains
Businesses are expanding the market access of the poor through new approaches in their supply and distribution chains. What is being learnt from experience so far?
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	Andy Wales, Head of Sustainable Development, SABMiller, will reflect on SABMiller's supply chain investment in India which has brought over 6,000 barley farmers into the supply chain. SAB recently assessed this and other supply chain work with small holder farmers in Africa, in terms of the social and commercial impacts, critical success factors, and areas for future action. David Croft, Sustainability Director, Cadbury, will speak on Cadbury's initiatives in Ghana that support cocoa producers at the base of their supply chain. He will reflect on the range of approaches adopted by Cadbury, from the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership to the recently-announced adoption of Fair Trade certification for Dairy Milk. Euan Wilmshurst, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, The Coca-Cola Company, will shift the focus from supply chains to distribution chains, reflecting on the Manual Distribution Centres developed by Coca-Cola in East Africa. This approach seeks to open employment opportunities for poor and less-skilled workers and offers significant potential for scaling up. Caroline Ashley, Overseas Development Institute, acting as Respondent, will reflect on what these and other experiences suggest concerning implementation and impact of supply and distribution chain reform Discussion
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Assessing impacts of business on development: what do alternative frameworks offer?
For all the talk of enhancing the impact of business on development, there is little measurement of what that impact is – and little discussion of how to measure it.
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	Caroline Ashley, ODI, speaking on "‘The how and why of impact assessment’: Overview of 4 contrasting approaches" Edward Bickham, External Affairs Director, Anglo American, speaking on "Local community and site specific impact assessment – the SEAT experience" Miguel Veiga-Pestana, Vice-President Global External Affairs, Unilever, speaking on "Mapping the value chain in Indonesia & mapping economic contribution in South Africa" Joaquim Croca, Head of Corporate Responsibility Performance & Reporting, Vodafone Group, speaking on "Local level assessment of mobile phone use and reporting against GRI scorecard" Discussion Marie Rosencrantz, Socially Responsible Investment Adviser, CDC, speaking on "Assessing the impact of business investments from the donor perspective" Discussants: Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer; Graham Clewer, Director, Community Trade, The Body Shop; Jessica Davis, WBCSD Discussion
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Getting results from engagement: how should business, government and donors work together to enhance the investment climate and business-driven development?
Partnerships between businesses, governments and development actors are tackling constraints in the investment climate and helping business to invest responsibly. How can government best support business? And how can business help governments to build capacity and appropriate policy?
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	Edward Bickham, Technical Advisory Committee, Investment Climate Facility Sunil Sinha, Managing Director, Nathan EME Ltd Baroness Lynda Chalker, Chairman, Africa Matters Dr Darian Stibbe, Programmes Director, The Partnering Initiative, International Business Leaders Forum Discussion
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Doing business in conflict affected environments: from building the peace to building the private sector
Peace and economic growth and closely related. How can policy makers maximize the impact of private sector for both peace and development?
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	Diana Klein, Peace Building Issues Programme, International Alert Lisa Curtis, Adviser, ManoCap Andrew Bone, Head, International Relations, De Beers Discussion
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Business Power and Politics: creating competitive markets for business and development
How do competition, regulation, power and politics affect private sector development in developing countries?
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	Karen Ellis, Overseas Development Institute Phil Evans, Senior Consultant, Fipra International Michael Bowsher QC, Moncktom Chambers Discussion
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Building Our Common Future: A Partnership with Business
This final event in the 2009 Event Series aims to reflect on the lessons learned and the opportunities identified during the course of the Series, and to look at how business, government and civil society can address them.
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	Mike Foster, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DFID Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Harvard University David Randall, Supply Director, Diageo Africa Gareth Penny, Chief Executive, De Beers Group a Discussion
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