Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2009

A Business Case for Fighting Poverty

May 2009

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

Action on poverty can benefit business performance, as well as building a better world in which to operate. This is the second paper in Oxfam's ‘Briefings for Business' series, which aims to develop the debate on the role of the private sector in poverty reduction by offering ideas and insights into topical poverty issues and what they mean for business.