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  Corporate governance in developing, transition and emerging–market economies

  OECD Development Centre, 2003

  This paper argues that sound corporate governance is vitally important for the success of long-term development efforts in developing economies. It argues that it is important because virtually all developing countries are going through a difficult process of transformation in which corporate governance plays a key role.
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  Clean up your computer: working conditions in the electronics sector

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2004

  This paper analyses the labour standards and working conditions in computing manufacturing, particularly in developing countries where many stages of computer production are carried out by low-skilled and low-paid workers.The paper finds that unlike their counterparts in the clothing and footwear sector, computer companies have thus far escaped scrutiny on labour issues.
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  A comparative study of GCC banks technical efficiency

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2001

  This paper estimates the technical efficiency of 52 banks of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and presents a brief overview of the banking sector in GCC countries.The paper uses earning assets, loans and investments as outputs, and fixed assets, labour and financial capital as inputs to measure efficiency and finds that:there is ample room for GCC banks to improve their technical effi
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  Race to the top: attracting and enabling global sustainable business

  World Bank, 2003

  The paper finds that investment and purchase decisions are increasingly driven by corporate social responsibility (CSR) concerns, and that developing countries can take steps to attract sustainable investment by creating an enforceable legal framework and by engaging with multinational enterprises (MNEs) on CSR issues.
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  Summary of the main points contained in the conclusions and recommendations of the final report of the extractive industries review

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2003

  This document summarises the main points in the conclusions and recommendations sections of the World Bank’s Final Report of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR).
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  Hands off: why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining

  Friends of the Earth International, 2003

  This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries.
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  Options for promoting corporate responsibility in conflict zones: perspectives from the private sector

  International Peace Academy, 2002

  This paper examines private sector actors’ perceptions of and experiences with select existing and prospective measures (both voluntary and regulatory) to promote responsible business behavior in conflict zones.
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  Transnational corporations in conflict prone zones: public policy responses and a framework for action

  International Alert, 2003

  Private sector activity is a significant factor influencing the shape and intensity of many conflicts. However, there has to date been little effort to engage different types of private sector actors systematically in conflict prevention.
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  Private sector intervention case example: building an HIV/AIDS workplace programme that addresses BMW South Africa’s specific context

  World Economic Forum, 2003

  This paper describes the policy and practical details of BMW South Africas’ HIV/AIDS policy.
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  Private sector participation in child health: a review of World Bank projects, 1993-2002

  World Bank, 2003

  Based on the assumption that the private sector significantly influences child health and nutrition outcomes through both service provision and supply of health related goods, this paper analyses World Bank projects in Health, Nutrition and Population between fiscal years 1993-2002.

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