Corporate responsibility

This report finds that loss of corporate tax to the developing world due to tax evasion through some of the common forms of evasion is currently US$160bn a year (£80bn). That is more than one-and-a-half times the combined aid budgets of the whole rich world. It argues that the lives and prospects for poor people in the developing world could be transformed if the same proportion of tax revenues were spent on healthcare in these countries.

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Guidelines for incorporating free, prior and informed consent into REDD+ projects: P. Anderson / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2011; The right for indigenous people to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has recently been strengthened through the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
The use of ICT in human rights promotion: A case study of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: E. Nsega / DiploFoundation, 2012; This paper examines the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) in promoting human rights on the African continent, with particular reference to the African Commission on Human and Pe...
How can foreign oil companies better manage developmental and environmental challenges in South Sudan: K. Ives;M. Buchner / 2011; How can oil companies and consortia working in South Sudan (a newly independent country) better manage and mitigate the social and environmental challenges that so urgently need addressing? This re...
Strengthening the petroleum sector in Uganda: ECON Pöyry, 2011; This review looks at the overall results of the Petrad Capacity Building Programme for strengthening the State Petroleum Administration of the upstream petroleum sector in Uganda and assesses the exte...
Evaluation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: T. Reite (ed);A. Disch (ed);D. Gairdner (ed) / Scanteam, 2011; During the short period since Evaluation of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ,became operational with an elected Board and Secretariat in 2006-07, EITI has seen an impressive growt...
Achievements and challenges of ethical trade: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001; Ethical trade as an approach to supply chain management has mushroomed in recent years. Northern companies are becoming increasingly concerned with the ‘ethics’ of their operations and ...
The links between globalisation and poverty: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003; Globalisation is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. ‘Globaphobes’ attribute most of the ills of the world to globalisation. The anti-globalisation movement has...
Regulation needs to do more than simply promote competitiveness and consumer interest: regulation needs to ensure that the market nurtures development: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003; Developing countries are now being asked to follow developed countries in the privatisation of goods and services previously provided by the state. It is argued that these countries will gain from ...
The growing debate around GM Crops and the future of food and farming: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004; The debate over genetically-modified (GM) crops is one of the most controversial and fiercely contested of recent times. While media coverage often focuses on disagreements between the United State...
Rethinking corporate social responsibility: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005; Business is everywhere. Some is crucial to development, while some is implicated in poverty, human rights abuses and environmental destruction. In recent years there has been an upturn in corporati...