- Private Foundations, Business and Developing a Post-2015 Framework
- N. Watson 2012
- Businesses operating in developing countries should use their influence to strengthen national government systems, rather than bypassing them if progress is to be made on global poverty reduction. Businesses should use their influence...
- World Resources Report (WRR)
- The World Resources Report (WRR) provides policymakers around the world government, civil society, and business with analysis and insight about major environmental and development issues. It is the product of a 20-year partnership among the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Resources Institute.
- Radioactive Revenues: Financial Flows between Uranium Mining Companies and African Governments
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
- For African countries, the revenue derived from the uranium mining operations of multinational corporations is despite the high price of uranium minimal, uncertain and volatile. The financial agreements that these countries make with ...
- Bitter Fruit - Socio-economic Issues in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Supply Chains of Dutch Supermarkets – The Case of Ahold
- S. van der Wal / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
- Imports of fresh fruit and vegetables from developing countries to the Netherlands are increasing and the majority of these imports is handled by the Dutch supermarkets. Although exports of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV) provide jo...
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders. Through convening public and private interests, strengths and knowledge, IDH programs help make sustainability the new norm and deliver impact on Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8.
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is a research institute that produces high quality, topical information on international relations and the EU.
- The Electric Car Battery - Sustainability in the Supply Chain
- T. Steinweg / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
- This report aims to provide an initial overview of the supply chain of electric car batteries, and to answer the following research question: What effect does the growing demand for electric vehicles have on the social and environment...
- Regional Trading Arrangements: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Bangladesh
- 2012
- Historically, Bangladesh is not very active in participating in regional trading arrangements. Starting from 1976 Bangladesh has signed 4 regional preferential trading arrangements, 1 bilateral trading arrangement, and 2 free trade ar...
- Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIF)
- The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is a political science research centre.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Bitter Fruit - Socio-economic Issues in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Supply Chains of Dutch Supermarkets – The Case of Ahold
- S. van der Wal / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
- Imports of fresh fruit and vegetables from developing countries to the Netherlands are increasing and the majority of these imports is handled by the Dutch supermarkets. Although exports of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV) provide jo...
- The Electric Car Battery - Sustainability in the Supply Chain
- T. Steinweg / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
- This report aims to provide an initial overview of the supply chain of electric car batteries, and to answer the following research question: What effect does the growing demand for electric vehicles have on the social and environment...
- Regional Trading Arrangements: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Bangladesh
- 2012
- Historically, Bangladesh is not very active in participating in regional trading arrangements. Starting from 1976 Bangladesh has signed 4 regional preferential trading arrangements, 1 bilateral trading arrangement, and 2 free trade ar...
- Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
- A. Calderon / United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011
- FDI into Latin America and the Caribbean reached US$113bn in 2010, 40% up from 2009, and is expected to grow by 15-25% in 2011. FDI outflows from Latin American economies grew even more, to reach US$43bn, reflecting the rapid internat...
- Shifting Sands: The Commercialization of Camels in Mid-altitude Ethiopia and Beyond
- Y. Aklilu / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2011
- Although pastoralists in Ethiopia are often characterized as unresponsive to market opportunities, the bulk of Ethiopia’s growing formal and informal livestock and meat exports are supplied from pastoralist areas of the country. ...
- Analyzing City Regions: Conceptual Issues and Methodological Approaches
- A. K. M. Kalam 2008
- The city regions are potentially the major players in the global economy.In the present day context of globalization, cities are experienci...
- New technologies and governance architecture in Africa
- E. Waema; E.O. Adera / International Development Research Centre, 2011
- This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be used to change the governance archi...
- IMF’s Loan and its Implications on Bangladesh Economy
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2011
- Bangladesh is negotiating a credit deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) equivalent to USD one billion under its Extended Credit Facilities (ECF) program for three years. The ECF would replace the Poverty Reduction and Growt...
- Working paper analysing the impacts of low greenhouse gas consumption strategies
- P. Erickson; A. Owen; E. Dawkins / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
- This working paper examines different low greenhouse gas (GHG) consumption strategies and their impacts on developing countries. The paper notes that many of the goods consumed in high-income countries are produced in low-income count...
- Liberalisation and Growth in Bangladesh An Empirical Investigation
- O K M R Bashar / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2009
- Economic liberalization entails either trade liberalization or financial and capital account liberalisation or both. Starting from the mid-1980s, Bangladesh gradually introduced various liberalisation measures. The process was initiat...
- The RORG Network
- The RORG-network is a network of Norwegian NGOs engaged in Development Education in Norway. Their website looks to address concerns regarding the north/south development dynamic and global issues, including globalisation, debt, development cooperation, poverty eradication, World Bank - IMF, trade/WTO etc.
- Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
- The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) is an independent unit of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with close ties to the Department of Economics. It seeks to promote human and ecological well-being through research. PERI focuses on globalisation, unemployment, financial market instability, central bank policy, living wages and decent work, and the economics of peace,...
- EU Policy Coherence
EU development policy lobby group
- Fride
- A European think tank for global action
- Department of Political Science, Yale University
Academic politics research group
- Immigration Policy Center (IPC), American Immigration Law Foundation
- Organisation analysing and reporting on topics affecting U.S. immigration policy.
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
An academic institution which aims to prepare students for leadership roles in international affairs
- Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research (PUKAR)
- Globalisation in an urbanised world
- Dev-Zone
- Dev-Zone is an independent Aotearoa New Zealand-based resource centre on international development and global issues.
- EuroMesco
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