How much can the private sector do to end world hunger?

Recent research by a Canadian civil society coalition in Senegal suggests that Canada’s faith in the private sector may be overly optimistic, writes Paul Hagerman of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's department is overseeing implementation of the International Assistance Innovation Program, aimed at giving the government 'greater flexibility' in its financing partnerships on projects abroad. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PAUL HAGERMAN

August 7, 2018

The private sector is ready, willing, and able to work with governments and non-profits to solve global poverty and hunger. At least that is the impression created by Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy and the recently created

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