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  Battling for corporate accountability:experiences from the titanium mining campaign in Kwale, Kenya

  Participation Group, IDS, 2002

  This paper argues that transnational corporation ventures ought to factor in and mainstream accountability at the early stages of a project, implying that corporate accountability is a process to be nurtured over time. It also outlines a role for civil society actors as being instrumental in creating spaces for engagement with diverse stakeholders.
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  Public policies impacts on Latin American labor structures: preparing for integration

  GDNet document store, 2002

  Employment and other labor markets public policies are an important area for consideration if Latin American economies are to be adjusted to a regional integration network, so what are the impacts of governmental measures presented in the diverse economic conditions of those countries?
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  Trickle-down, trickle-up or puddle?: participatory value chains analysis for pro-poor enterprise development

  Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service, 2003

  This paper provides a practical guide to value chains analysis, and how it can be used as part of participatory processes for strategic learning and ongoing accountability within and between enterprise sectors.
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  Sudan, oil, and human rights

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report examines the human cost of oil, and corporate complicity in the Sudanese government’s human rights abuses. It finds that oil is an important obstacle to lasting peace in Sudan, and oil revenues have been used by the government to obtain weapons and ammunition that have enabled it to intensify the war and expand oil development.
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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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  Workers’ tool or PR ploy? A guide to codes of international labour practice

  Dialogue on globalisation, 2003

  Ethical production and consumption is the aim of several trade-related initiatives launched in recent years, including social labelling, WTO campaigns, framework agreements and codes of conduct.
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  Strengthening implementation of corporate social responsibility in global supply chains

  World Bank, 2003

  The specific objectives of this study are to a) identify the key barriers to improved implementation of codes of conduct at the level of suppliers, and b) identify and prioritize viable options for addressing these barriers.
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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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  Competition policy in the WTO and FTAA: a trojan horse for international trade negotiations

  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2003

  At first glace, competition policy appears to be a contribution to good governance, reigning in abuses of market power.
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  Who benefits from labor market regulations?: Chile 1960-1998

  World Bank, 2003

  Studies on the impact of labour market regulations on the level of employment, has tended to neglect how this differs across types of workers. This paper examines how different labour market regulations affect the distribution of employment and the employment rates across age, gender and skill levels in Chile.The paper finds large distribution effects across demographic sub-groups.

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