The article, published in the LMD March 2014 edition, is a contribution by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and talks about the role of the private sector in the next global development goals. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations at the turn of the 21st century is due to be renewed with a new set of goals in 2015. With the world debating over what issues must take precedence over others, the contribution to such goals should now be supported by the private sector as well as be opposed to the initial MDGs, which were largely left to governments of countries to fulfil. The United Nation’s High Level Panel has proposed five transformative shifts that should influence the new agenda on how to tackle poverty eradication. South Asia, despite being the fastest growing region, is also home to the largest concentration of poverty. Other factors such as climate change, labour mobilization and human development are key areas where the private sector could be a key partner. Sri Lanka’s Voice of Business strives to achieve excellence in business journalism that is comparable with the best magazines in the world. In Sri Lanka, it has pioneered concepts that are now benchmarks for other publications. LMD’s focus is uniquely on the big picture of Sri Lanka’s business landscape. This encompasses most of the burning issues which confront the nation, such as winning the peace, bribery and corruption, professionalism and ethics, politicisation, law and order, infrastructure, technology, productivity and poverty, amongst others. The March 2014 edition includes commentary on the elections in India, price hikes in the cost of living in Sri Lanka, post-war progress in Sri Lanka and a cover story on Shazia Syed - Chairperson of Unilever, Sri Lanka. LMD covers the gamut of business, politics, current affairs and management, catering to corporate leaders, managers, executives and directors – as well as to anyone who is interested in both Sri Lankan and international corporate, economic, financial, political and current affairs.