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Paddy Docherty: Poverty and Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneur Paddy Docherty says business is best placed to bring prosperity to impoverished and post-conflict nations and sees the commercial sector as the ally of development.

Entrepreneur Paddy Docherty says business is best placed to bring prosperity to impoverished and post conflict nations, arguing that only the commercial sector can supply the scale and dynamism needed to make a lasting impact on development.

Four Thought is a series of talks with a personal viewpoint recorded in front of an audience at the RSA in London.

Producer: Sheila Cook.

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  • Wed 30 May 201220:45
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    BBC Radio 4

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