The momentum has been building for years, and this past week in New York has demonstrated that the era of greater private sector participation in development has arrived.
From a series of business-related events and summits to the United Nations, the sense from our own Devex Impact conversations with executives as well our coverage of the proceedings is that companies have featured much more prominently in what is undeniably one of development’s biggest weeks of an important year.
Perhaps one example was the U. N. Private Sector Forum, where an impressive lineup included the likes of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and musician and ONE Campaign activist Bono. It was certainly a case of the A-listers showing up to the business meeting.
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Adva Saldinger@AdvaSal
Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.
