TY - GEN T1 - Transforming the development landscape : the role of the private sector A2 - Brainard, Lael LA - English PP - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm74337171 AB - Private sector activity is crucial for development. It shapes the investment climate, mobilizes innovation and financing in areas such as global health, and can either cause or mitigate social and environmental harm. Yet so far, the international development debate has not focused on the role of the private sector. This volume-written by members of the private sector, philanthropic organizations, and academia-investigates ways to galvanize the private sector in the fight against global poverty. Using a bottom-up approach, they describe how the private sector affects growth and poverty alleviati. OP - 143 CN - HC59.72.E44 T72 2006eb SN - 0815711263 SN - 9780815711261 SN - 9780815711247 SN - 0815711247 KW - Economic development projects : Developing countries : Finance. KW - Free enterprise : Developing countries. KW - Business enterprises : Developing countries. KW - Investments, Foreign : Developing countries. KW - Economic development projects : Developing countries. KW - Projets de développement économique : Pays en voie de développement. KW - Libre entreprise : Pays en voie de développement. KW - Entreprises : Pays en voie de développement. KW - Investissements étrangers : Pays en voie de développement. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Economic Policy. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Government & Business. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : Economic Development. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : Business Development. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Structural Adjustment. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : General. KW - Economic development projects KW - Business enterprises KW - Economic development projects : Finance KW - Free enterprise KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Developing countries KW - Wirtschaftsentwicklung KW - Privatwirtschaft KW - Entwicklungsländer ER -