This article explores the connections between business activity and development aid that can help achieve the sustainable development goals placed by the United Nations (UN) in its development agenda. The article relies on an exhaustive review of the recent literature on development aid in the context of the European Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Connections exist between private firms' activity and both private and official aid, as firms can engage in business philanthropy, impact migrants' remittances, act as suppliers for bilateral or multilateral financially supported projects and participate in cross sector partnerships that involve agents from different societal sectors.

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探索商业活动与发展援助之间的联系，以支持发展议程

本文探讨了商业活动与发展援助之间的联系，这些联系有助于实现联合国 (UN) 在其发展议程中设定的可持续发展目标。这篇文章依赖于对西非国家欧洲共同体（ECOWAS）背景下最近关于发展援助的文献的详尽回顾。私营公司的活动与私人和官方援助之间存在联系，因为公司可以参与商业慈善事业，影响移民汇款，充当双边或多边财政支持项目的供应商，并参与涉及来自不同社会部门的代理的跨部门合作伙伴关系.