The Future of Development:Private-NGO Partnerships?

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Amref Health Africa’s Coffeehouse Speakers Series on global development

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Elizabeth DoveSenior Vice-President, Strategy, The Divinsky Group

Dr. Chris DelvecchioSenior Consultant

Shift Health

Jennifer AdamsProgram Manager

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“The question of 'if' NGOs should collaborate with the private sector has been replaced by 'when' and 'how’.”

–Tim Smedley, The Guardian

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2012/nov/27/development-ngo-private-sector-partnership

Did you know?

In 2000—based on company sales figures and national GDP—of the world’s 100 largest economies, 51 were corporations; only 49 were countries.

Source: http://www.ccic.ca/_files/en/what_we_do/002_dev_org_bridges_or_walls_final_guide.pdf

“A common misperception regarding NGO-private sector relations is one based on mutual distrust and occasional confrontation.”

–Sam Worthington, President & CEO, InterAction

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Source: http://www.interaction.org/blog/dispelling-myth-evolving-relationship-between-ngos-and-private-businesses

In one example of a successful water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) partnership, an NGO provided health education to 10% of the factory’s workers, who then provided education to their peers. Absenteeism in the factory fell by 55% and turnover has dropped from 50% to 12% as the result of a healthier workforce, demonstrating the potential business and social impact of private-NGO partnerships.

Did you know?

Source: http://reports.businessfightspoverty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2015/06/DP007CreatingBusinessValueandDevelopmentImpactintheWASHSector1.pdf

Research indicates that lost working days due to poor sanitation cost the global economy approximately $4 billion per year.

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Source: http://reports.businessfightspoverty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2015/06/DP007CreatingBusinessValueandDevelopmentImpactintheWASHSector1.pdf

“Companies have begun to think more about how they can have a positive impact and avoid some of the challenges that often arise when big businesses operate in close proximity to local communities.”

–Aron Cramer, President and CEO, Business for Social Responsibility

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Source: http://www.who.int/features/2014/immunization-south-africa/en/

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