Preface by EU Commissioner

Fact number one: we cannot hope to achieve the Millennium Development Goals without the private sector on board. Fact number two: when businesses are allowed to develop, they are powerful engines of economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction. These are facts we have all come to acknowledge. And this is all well and good — but it will not bring about a suitable environment in which businesses can develop and thrive. The responsibility therefore falls to us to lend our support in helping develop the tools that will allow policy-makers and organisations representing the private sector to make such an environment a reality.

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance