..., market fragmentation, weak legal institution, weak infrastructure, resource scarcity and poverty penalty (Viswanathan et al., 2007). The BoP segment lacks access to formal market conditions for the fulfillment of their basic needs like food, energy, drinking water, healthcare, sanitation...

..., as exemplified by the UN year of Sustainable Energy for All and Rio+20. Originality/value The article contributes new dimensions and perspectives that have been left unexplored, and that are crucial for reducing poverty and stimulating sustainable (energy) development. If we consider...

... by the author over nearly two decades, and both the corporate responsibility and the international development literature. It discusses what being a genuine development agent means, and provides a framework for understanding the business‐poverty relationship based on business as a cause, a victim...

... and aid agencies in collaboration to enhance mining's contribution to poverty reduction. Design/methodology/approach Research was conducted collaboratively with the UNCTAD and the World Bank Group, overseen by an independent advisory group, and tested through two multi‐stakeholder workshops...

...Gilbert Lenssen; Daniel Arenas; Peter Lacy; Simon Pickard; Emmanuel Raufflet; Alain Berranger; Jean‐François Gouin Purpose Over the last decade, several innovative business‐community partnerships have emerged to address simultaneously two pressing development issues: poverty reduction...

...‐governmental organization, Oxfam have worked together: the Sustainable Food Laboratory Initiative, a project focusing on the global food production system, and “Exploring the Links”, a joint research project exploring the links between wealth creation and poverty reduction in one country, Indonesia...

... activities and contributing to poverty reduction. Findings Findings range from the importance of an existing and suitable institutional framework, through the reduction of start‐up costs and the cash‐flow problems of these small companies, to the definition of a sustainable model (fee...