Who is Adam Smith?
No, not the Scot generally regarded as the father of economics, I'm talking about the Scot who works as a policy officer in DFID's Business Alliances Team (although working with a group of economists...
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Making sure people get the ‘real deal’ when they buy prescription drugs
One of my team's largest projects is the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA). Launched last year, it aims to improve the quality and availability of drugs in 7 pilot countries, while also making...
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In May last year the Prime Minster launched the Business Call to Action (BCtA), an initiative that encourages companies to think about new business ideas that can help to alleviate poverty in poorer...
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Southern business is on the up
Last weekend I was talking to some friends about my job, DFID's work with business and what my team does with the private sector. We were also talking about how several of us had read several articles...
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Business acts to fight poverty
Readers of my earlier blog will be familiar with the Business Call to Action (BCtA), a great initiative that aims to get business involved in the development agenda by thinking how, through their core...
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