Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes [Hardcover]

This book analyses the relationship between the private sector, UK official development aid (ODA) and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book will interest researchers from business management, development studies and political science, as well as to practitioners with an interest in the role of the private sector in ODA.

1: Multinationals and the UK mutual prosperity agenda  2: Bilateral ODA and the private sector: approaches and modalities  3: Theorising the MNC-donor-development relationship  4: UK ODA and the private sector  5: GlaxoSmithKline plc and UK ODA in Kenya and Nigeria  6: Barclays plc and UK ODA in Tanzania and Zambia  7: AB InBev and UK ODA in Mozambique and South Africa  8: MNCs and ODA alignment: a CSR perspective  9: The CSR-ODA nexus: poverty reduction and mutually beneficial outcomes  10: Summary and closing remarks

This book analyses the complex relationship between the private sector, UK official development assistance (ODA) and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa.

In recent years, the private sector has occupied an increasingly prominent position within UK ODA, bringing a range of opportunities and conflicting interests. This book first traces the trajectory of private sector engagement in ODA, before setting out the theoretical and analytical framework for analysing the mutual prosperity agenda in UK ODA  the notion that ODA can benefit both donor and beneficiary country interests. By extending corporate social responsibility theory (in the emerging field of business and development studies) to ODA, the book critiques the underlying assumptions contained within UK ODA-multinational corporation partnerships. With reference to three case studies GlaxoSmithKline plc., Barclays plc. and Anheuser-Busch InBev (formerló>