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Article

13 Mar 2005

Author:
Simon Caulkin, Observer [UK]

Don't go giving them money

Is it the job of business to 'make poverty history', in Bono's words? Most people would answer 'no'...But...the Shell Foundation, an independent charity funded by the Shell group, is taking a rather different line. In a paper entitled 'Enterprise solutions to poverty'...it argues not only that business involvement in development efforts is legitimate, but that without that involvement, development will fail.