The Commission on the Private Sector and Development, co-chaired by Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada and Ernesto Zedillo, Mexico's former president, was convened by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in July 2003 in an effort to identify and address the legal, financial and structural obstacles blocking the expansion of the indigenous private sector in developing nations - especially in the poorest regions and communities in those countries. The Commission focused on how business can create domestic employment and wealth, free local entrepreneurial energies, and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The Commission’s Report, Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor, was presented on March 1, 2004 to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Unleashing Entrepreneurship: Making Business Work for the Poor

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