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Cargill and CARE’s 50-year partnership offers insights and lessons for anyone looking to build an effective and long- term partnership. This Briefing Paper describes how the partnership has evolved from a primarily philanthropic relationship to one that, especially over the past 10 years, has genuinely drawn on the capabilities, skills and resources of the two partners.

This paper examines the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to companies' business activities. It sets out many significant opportunities for all companies to play a role in the achievement of the SDGs.

This case study showcases Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI, which joined the Business Call to Action with the commitment to develop the capacity of at least 500 low-income artisans in Cambodia, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan; focusing on women from post-conflict and transitional societies. It outlines how the business model works, the business and development impacts to date, and the key success factors.

This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative, in Santo Domingo, on 5 October 2011. The report sets out lessons learned and success stories, both in the region and elsewhere, concerning the priority area of promoting the development of micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SME). It includes the fields of productive linkages for SME, preparing a modern labour force, trade facilitation, technological modernization, environmental governance and cooperation and improving policies.

This paper discusses Microsoft’s experience of, and lessons to be learned from using cross-sector partnering approaches to support digital learning, and improving literacy and educational achievement across the world.

This presentation points out the inequality in many Brazilian states and gives an overview of measures and programmes of the Brazilian Federal Government. Further it gives a brief insight into different public private partnership projects.