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The business of sustainable development in Africa human rights, partnerships, alternative business models / edited by Ralph Hamann

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: UNISA Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: xv, 359 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789280811681 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC800.Z9.E53618 BUS
Contents:
Introducing corporate citizenship / Ralph Hamann Truly enlightened self-interest : business, human rights and the UN Global Compact / Stu Woolman Partnerships and cross-sector collaboration / Ralph Hamann and Fleur Boulogne Alternative approaches to reaching the bottom of the pyramid / Courtenay Sprague Sasol and petrochemical investment in developing countries and the UN Global Compact / Jonathon Hanks Learning from the experience of AngloGold Ashanti in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Paul Kepelus, Ralph Hamann and Ed O'Keefe Global Alumina's efforts to mitigate conflict-related risks in the Republic of Guinea / Josef Seitz A beacon of stability in a sea of unrest : Pharmakina in the DRC / Bastian Birkenhager Preempting land-related conflicts : the case of VCP and eucalyptus plantations in Brazil / Cláudio Bruzzi Boechat and Roberta Mokreis Paro Weaving sustainable partnerships in Zanzibar : the social fabric of women's entrepreneurship / Oana Branzei and Melissa Peneycad Who is responsible for the squatter camps? Mining companies in South Africa and the challenge of local collaboration / Ralph Hamann Creating opportunities for sustainable community development : Magadi Soda Company in Kenya / Judy N. Muthuri Malawi business action against corruption / Oonagh Fitzgerald and James Ng'Ombe The South African National Anti-Corruption Forum / Odette Ramsingh and Kris Dobie Testing the limits of inclusive capitalism : a case study of the South Africa HP i-community / Ricarda McFalls VidaGás : powering health clinics and households in Mozambique with liquefied petroleum gas / Courtenay Sprague and Stu Woolman Aspen Pharmacare : providing affordable generic pharmaceuticals to treat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis / Stu Woolman and Courtenay Sprague Honey Care Africa : a tripartite model for sustainable beekeeping / Oana Branzei and MIchael Valente A model of clean energy entrepreneurship in Africa : E+Co's path to scale / Oana Branzei and Kevin McKague Stitch Wise : strategic knowledge management for pro-poor enterprise on South Africa's goldfields / Martin Hall
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.--Publisher's description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing corporate citizenship / Ralph Hamann
Truly enlightened self-interest : business, human rights and the UN Global Compact / Stu Woolman
Partnerships and cross-sector collaboration / Ralph Hamann and Fleur Boulogne
Alternative approaches to reaching the bottom of the pyramid / Courtenay Sprague
Sasol and petrochemical investment in developing countries and the UN Global Compact / Jonathon Hanks
Learning from the experience of AngloGold Ashanti in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Paul Kepelus, Ralph Hamann and Ed O'Keefe
Global Alumina's efforts to mitigate conflict-related risks in the Republic of Guinea / Josef Seitz
A beacon of stability in a sea of unrest : Pharmakina in the DRC / Bastian Birkenhager
Preempting land-related conflicts : the case of VCP and eucalyptus plantations in Brazil / Cláudio Bruzzi Boechat and Roberta Mokreis Paro
Weaving sustainable partnerships in Zanzibar : the social fabric of women's entrepreneurship / Oana Branzei and Melissa Peneycad
Who is responsible for the squatter camps? Mining companies in South Africa and the challenge of local collaboration / Ralph Hamann
Creating opportunities for sustainable community development : Magadi Soda Company in Kenya / Judy N. Muthuri
Malawi business action against corruption / Oonagh Fitzgerald and James Ng'Ombe
The South African National Anti-Corruption Forum / Odette Ramsingh and Kris Dobie
Testing the limits of inclusive capitalism : a case study of the South Africa HP i-community / Ricarda McFalls
VidaGás : powering health clinics and households in Mozambique with liquefied petroleum gas / Courtenay Sprague and Stu Woolman
Aspen Pharmacare : providing affordable generic pharmaceuticals to treat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis / Stu Woolman and Courtenay Sprague
Honey Care Africa : a tripartite model for sustainable beekeeping / Oana Branzei and MIchael Valente
A model of clean energy entrepreneurship in Africa : E+Co's path to scale / Oana Branzei and Kevin McKague
Stitch Wise : strategic knowledge management for pro-poor enterprise on South Africa's goldfields / Martin Hall

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.--Publisher's description

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