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World Business Award winners announced
Selection panel salutes 10 projects' substantial contribution to development

2 May 2006: The 10 recipients of the World Business Awards, which showcase the best practices of the business sector in alleviating poverty and boosting development to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), were announced today by the International Chamber of Commerce.
The ten winning initiatives (in alphabetical order) are:

§	Aaviskaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund

§	Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (ACHAP)

§	EcoLogic Finance

§	Global Alliance for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF)

§	Health Care Logistics, VidaGás, VillageReach, Foundation for Community Development (FDC)

§	Patrimonio Hoy, Cemex Mexico

§	Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative, Environmental Quality International (EQI)

§	SOLO, Eczacibasi-Georgia-Pacific / Ipek kagit

§	Sustainable Banking, Banco Real / ABN AMRO

§	Tetra Pak Food for Development, Tetra Pak

Judges also highly commended: Anglo-American's Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox, Brandix Training Center for Water Management, Education for All, Eskom's Electrification Program for South Africa, Macy's Rwanda Path to Peace, Sustainable Development for Narino's Coffee Growers, Sustainable Farming in Equatorial Africa, Reliance HIV/TB Control Center, the Social Stock Exchange and Starbucks Integrated Approach to Coffee Sustainability.