Business for development : a case study of the Noozon Zangilaa Cooperative Union in Mongolia

2010

Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 According to Norad (2009:51) there is an increased focus on value creation and facilitation of private businesses within development, thanks to wider acceptance of the notion of profit as a driver for development. The UN Global Compact (2010:5) argues that business, as the world‘s main source of economic growth, is at the heart of virtually any widespread improvements in living standards, and that profits and development priorities have the potential to mutually benefit one another. The former by creating job and income opportunities and the latter by improving peoples quality of life. Fact is that business development has m…