Acknowledgements
To begin with, we would like to thank everyone whocontributed to this publication.
Partners
We would like to extend a special thanks to our partners. The German Federal Ministry or Economic Cooperation and Development(Bundesministerium ür wirtschatliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)fnanced this publication and provided expertise on content together withthe Gesellschat ür Technische Zusammenarbeit. The International Chamber o Commerce supports the communication o the publication.
Additional acknowledgements
Several sections in the publication were written by experts.We would like to express our gratitude or providing their expertise.We are grateul to:
Martin Herrndorf
(section on fnancing, IT sector profle, Mexico country profle)
Fritz Jung and Jonas Naguib
(sections on “Partnerships between German development organizationsand the private sector” and “The develoPPP.de program”)
Prof. Dr. Genia Kostka
(China country profle)
Aline Krämer
(Siemens AG case study, Nokia case study,MicroEnergy International case study, Brazil country study)
Tobias Lorenz
(water sector profle)
Jakob Schmidt-Reindahl
(INENSUS case study)
Louise Kantrow
(section on “The role o business in achieving the MDGs”)
Leonie Vierck
(SAFO case study)
Reviewers
Experts rom the realms o business, academia and development work contributed with comments and suggestions. Their ideas and advicegave the publication structure and clarity.Our gratitude goes to:
Michael Anthony
(Allianz SE),
Katharina Averdunk
(endeva),
Dr. Andreas Blüthner
(BASF SE),
Dr. Michael Grewe
(BMZ),
Martin Herrndorf
(endeva and the University o St. Gallen),
Prof. Dr. Genia Kostka
(Frankurt School o Finance & Management),
Aline Krämer
(endeva and the TU Munich),
Jonas Naguib
(GTZ),
Daniel Philipp
(MicroEnergy International),
Christine Polzin
(SERI),
Isabel Reingruber
(SAP AG),
Heiko Schwiderowski
(DIHK),
Nicolai Tewes
(Allianz SE),
Piera Waibel
(University o Zurich)