Building Linkages for Competitive and Responsible Entrepreneurship: Innovative Partnerships to Foster Small Enterprise, Promote Economic Growth, and Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries
This report discusses the emergence of corporate social responsibility and multi-sector partnerships to contribute to development and poverty reduction. It analyses challenges and solutions to achieving more competitive and responsible business entrepreneurship and elaborates on the role of good government and effective public policy interventions in supporting competitive and responsible enterprise development. It illustrates six models of multi-sector partnership or collective corporate action that harness a combination of market-driven and public policy approaches.