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Business, Corporate Responsibility and Poverty Reduction

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Should we expect business to go beyond its conventional economic roles to become a more active and accountable participant in the development process? What are the consequences both for business and wider society of the private sector becoming a development agent? What does the field of ‘corporate responsibility’ have to offer in creating a bridge between conventional business agendas and poverty alleviation?

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  1. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Switzerland

    Peter Utting (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

  2. Markets, Business and Regulation Programme, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Switzerland

    José Carlos Marques (former Research Analyst) (former Research Analyst)

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Blowfield, M. (2010). Business, Corporate Responsibility and Poverty Reduction. In: Utting, P., Marques, J.C. (eds) Corporate Social Responsibility and Regulatory Governance. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230246966_6

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