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Beyond Business

            
Produced by Ali Laïdi and presented by Markus Karlsson, our bi-monthly magazine Beyond Business looks at the effects of hyper-competition in the globalised economy.

            

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                  The humanitarian business 
                In recent years, a growing number of corporate giants have invested in private humanitarian funds such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or the Clinton Global Initiative. But is mixing business and aid really a good thing?

              

            

            

              
                
              
              

                
                  Industry: secret research 
                France has 71 competitiveness clusters where companies, research centres and training organisations work together on innovative projects. FRANCE 24 Reporters went to Vegepolys, a cluster specialised in plants in central France.

              

            

            

              
                
              
              

                
                  Angolan arms claims dog French flour miller 
                Shareholders of the third largest producer of flour in France, the Grand Mills of Strasbourg, are concerned over a new partner with alleged links to arms trafficking in Angola. 

              

            

            

              
                
              
              

                
                  Africa's water, at what price? 
                Most of the world's one billion people who still don't have access to clean and safe drinking water live in Africa. Yet, specialists say this is not only due to a lack of resources.

              

            
  
      


      
      

        
      
      
            
  
      
    	
      
      

      
      
      



      
            
            
      
            
            
 

      
            
      
 

      
      
     
      	

				

			

   





        
    
  
     
 
 
  
  
    
        
    
    
    
    
          
      
    
        
    
          
    
            
    
              
                
    
                  
                                                 
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                  
                
    
                  
            
    
          
    
        
    
      
    
      
    
  
    
  
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
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