Reaching the MDGs -Partnering for Development

United Nations Development Programme

Development and Business• Development is multisectoral and multidisciplinary:

it must involve multiple actors

• Growth, with equity, drives sustainable development: partnerships, private and public sectors and NGOs, provide the vehicle

– MDGs intended to help poor people. But good for business too – eg infrastructureand capacity development big opportunity

Woman washing dishes in Nepal

1.2 billion of world’s 6.3 billion people live in extreme poverty

Vital role of the private sector in reaching MDGs (SIDA)

1. As an engine of improved economic growth

2. A means to generate the required domestic resources for investments in human resource development through health, infrastructure and education

3. A potential provider of some of these essential services

4. A direct partner in trade and technoly transfer

Private sector and development goals

“Ensuring that (the much greater volumes and quality of energy required to reach the MDGs) are delivered.. will require the full engagement of the private sector and the development of innovative private-public partnerships, incorporating both business and civil society”.

From The Shell Report 2002

“The fact is poor people are energy consumers and do pay for energy services. In many places they pay more per unit of electricity generated form dry cell batteries, or per volume of heat from traditional fuels, than do people with higher incomes.”

From The Shell Report 2002

Invitation to join . . .

Business and the MDGs:

A Framework for Action!

Engagement

Core Business

• Job creation and training

• Affordable products

• Local recruitment

• Anti-corruption measures

• Eco-efficiency

• Responsible security

• Good health and safety

• Equal opportunities

• Responsible marketing

• Clear accountability

• Strong labour relations

• Responsible sourcing

• Decent wages

• Local tax payment

Engagement

Philanthropy

• Education

• Infrastructure

• Health

• Environmental programmes that

benefit the poor

• Reconciliation in the workplace

• Enterprise development and micro-

credit

• Support to improve food security

• Support programmes to combat

social inequalities

Engagement

Advocacy

• Anti-corruption

• Environmental regulation and

standards

• Human rights

• Democratic government

• Corporate accountability

• Labour rights

• Intellectual property

• Trade policy

Engagement

Core Business

Advocacy

Philanthropy

Engagement

Core Business

Advocacy

Philanthropy

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AlignmentAlignment

Business and MDGs: The matrix

At www.undp.dk/business

UNDP and Business: Overlapping interests

Active Civil Society

Healthy Environment

PoliticalStability

Trained/healthyWork Force

Rule ofLaw

AccountableGovernment

PeaceSound

Economy

Fair and HonestRegulatoryInstitutions

Development/CSR

MDG campaign in Sweden

Future

“We cannot reach these goals (the MDGs)

without support from the private sector.”