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The corporate sector is a major driver of development, yet its role as a development actor remains consigned to the sidelines of the development debate. The donor community has made efforts to work with companies, and a growing number of companies are embracing development-related issues in their standard business practices. However, the private sector still remains tangential to mainstream development policy and practice. This paper defines a "sweet spot" that would allow the corporate sector to play a full, strategic and positive role in international development.