Engaging the Private Sector in Africa's Peaceful Development

The potential is untapped for governments and donors to explore scaling up their engagement with the business community in the pursuit of more peaceful, just and inclusive societies. Recent high-level summitry has given new impetus to engage business in shaping and delivering the development agenda. However, African policy making has only just begun to explore how the high-growth Africa rising phenomenon could be enhanced by leveraging the developmental impact of business activity. Moreover, considerable ambivalence remains among policymakers, donors and corporate strategists. An exploration of what drives greater engagement; what is involved in more explicit cross-sector cooperation in addressing barriers to greater peace and prosperity; and what appropriate relationships would look like, is both necessary and timely