Marquardt, RichardCanadian Council for International Cooperation Policy Team2009-05-062009-05-062000http://hdl.handle.net/10625/38240French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Collaboration des ONG avec le secteur privé en vue d'éliminer la pauvreté : une arme à double tranchant; rapport sommaire d'un Cercle d'études du CCICParticipants in the learning circle focused on the question of NGO engagement with corporations in the private sector. Large corporations were a particular concern for several reasons: their power is private, derived from access to capital and not from citizens; and corporate power has been growing as power of states has waned. An agenda to eradicate poverty includes potential, as well as the dangers, strategies, and methods of implementation. All participants agreed that some form of confrontation in advocacy situations is necessary when NGOs, concerned about poverty eradication and social justice, engage with the corporate sector.1 digital file (14 p.)application/pdfenPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGADVOCACYCORPORATE RESPONSIBILITYPRIVATE SECTORPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONSOCIAL JUSTICENON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSCORPORATE RESPONSIBILITYNORTH-SOUTH COLLABORATIONSRESEARCH NEEDSCANADAGLOBALIDRC Final Report