Global governance
- Global principles for global operators
- This paper argues that effectiveness and sustainability in what globally operating organisations do, whether they are corporate actors, state or intergovernmental, or rooted in civil society such as NGOs, is at the heart of the agenda for many in leadership and management that guide them.
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- Systematically identifying, predicting and responding to projects potential impacts on human rights
- ( Nomogaia Foundation , 2008)
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This methodology for Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) manual aims to systematically identify, predict and respond to projects' potential impacts on human rights. Experience has shown that...
- Advocating for the protection of women against discrimination
- ( International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific , 2008)
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The Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (OP-CEDAW) can help ensure that State Parties to CEDAW are accountable for its implementation...
- Tools and methodologies for monitoring and evaluating agriculture and rural development
- ( B. Hall (ed);N. Okidegbe;T. Marchant;et al / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
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While donors and development practitioners still lack a common framework of results indicators to measure the effectiveness of development assistance, this sourcebook sets out a menu of core i...
Engaging with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2009
- ( F. Sheahan / Plan International , 2008)
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Civil society organisations can play an important part and bring value to the work of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in its mission to promote and p...
- The application of ethical governance principles to public health
- ( E. Jakubowski;S. Pelaseyed / World Health Organization , 2008)
- The 2007 Ethical Futures Forum was convened in order to promote a greater understanding of health policy development. The case of pandemic influenza is used to illustrate the application of the ethica...
- Is adaptive capacity important to climate change?
- ( I. Christoplos (ed);S. Anderson (ed);M. Arnold (ed) / Commission on Climate Change and Development , 2009)
- Climate change is already affecting poor people and communities around the globe. This paper presents a conceptual framework that turns the mainstream adaptation discourse upside down with autonomous ...
- Helping national authorities bolster the effectiveness of international anti-corruption instruments
- ( B. Michael;H. Hajredin / ANCORAGE-NET , 2007)
- This paper examines the effective implementation of three international anti-corruption instruments – the UN Convention Against Corruption (2003); the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (1997); and th...
- Enhancing understanding of the relationship between corporations and human rights
- ( Global Compact Network, United Nations , 2008)
- In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council produced a conceptual and policy framework to guide the business and human rights agenda. The framework rests on differentiated but complementary responsibilities,...
- Ranking peaceful countries
- ( Vision of Humanity , 2008)
- The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2008 ranks nations based on their relative states of peace. Covering 140 countries, the GPI brings a snapshot of relative peacefulness among nations while continuing to co...
- How to manage and resolve conflict over water resource management
- ( International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) [UNDP] , 2008)
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Conflict is an unavoidable aspect of human social systems. Given the central importance of water resources to all human communities, it is natural that conflicts arise with regard to access, alloca...
