NGO-Private Partnerships in Sub-Sahara Africa

Human development in Sub-Saharan Africa remains the lowest worldwide, and many issues need to be addressed that have so far been ignored by the Corporate Social Responsibility movement. Corporate sector involvement in human development issues has been only marginal over the past years, and involved mainly financial support for international development organizations. But there is a way out of the human development dilemma, the win-win situation of a cross-sectoral partnership. Is it possible to address human development issues by establishing partnerships between NGOs and companies? If so, what issues are there to be considered? And what are the key success factors for such partnerships? The author Carolin Poser analyzes the potential and feasibility of cross-sectoral partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa within the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility. These partnerships offer a variety of benefits, such as organizational learning, access to knowledge and resources for NGOs, access to developing markets for the corporate sector, and more. This book addresses both decision-makers, managers and communication experts of international companies and NGOs.