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  Smash and grab: conflict, corruption and human rights abuses in the shrimp farming industry

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2003

  This paper focuses on the impacts of the global shrimp farming industry, one which is growing steadily, on local communities.It states that international donors have been promoting this industry as an alternative to wild shrimp trawling, but that the environmental and social impacts of farming have been ignored.
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  From wetlands to wastelands: impacts of shrimp farming

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2003

  This short document discusses the impacts of shrimp farming on wetlands, and especially on mangrove ecosystems.
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  The decent work enterprise: worker security and dynamic efficiency

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This paper proposes an approach to the identification and measurement of a Decent Work Enterprise (DWE). It covers the following issues: a literature review and summary of background debates and related developments surrounding Corporate Social Responsibilty (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) the basic ideology behind the Decent Work Enterprise, based on four contextua
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  The new comparative economics

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper addresses the new wave of research that suggests that institutions exert a profound influence on economic development. The authors argue that, to understand capitalist institutions, one needs to understand the basic trade-off between the costs of disorder and those of dictatorship.
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  Child sex tourism action survey

  End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, 2001

  This paper presents examples of action programs conducted worldwide to fight child sex tourism (CST). It is an inventory of the information collected during the survey through questionnaires, and completed with additional documentation.
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  Recommendations to governments for supporting and/or establishing national certification systems for sustainable tourism

  World Tourism Organization, 2003

  This document aims at enhancing awareness among governments about the opportunities certification systems may provide as part of their sustainable development policy goals, and provides basic recommendations for supporting and/or establishing such systems at the national level.The report is based on a WTO study on voluntary initiatives for sustainable tourism, which revealed that governments h
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  Poverty reduction or poverty exacerbation?: World Bank Group support for extractive industries in Africa

  Bank Information Center, 2003

  This report examines the World Bank Group's support for extractive industries (oil, gas, and mining) in Africa over the last 20 years in light of the World Bank's self-proclaimed mission of poverty reduction.
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  The economics of worldwide coral reef degradation

  International Coral Reef Action Network, 2003

  Estimates in this report state that coral reefs provide each year nearly US$ 30 billion in net benefits in goods and services to world economies, including, tourism, fisheries and coastal protection. Yet, according to this report, coral reefs are under heavy pressure. Already, 27% is permanently lost and with current trends, a further 30% is at risk of being lost in the coming thirty years.
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  Social responsibility in the information society

  Information Society Project Office, EU, 2003

  This report investigates the changing nature of the relationship between business, society and technology in the Information Society and its implications for business and society.The report highlights the need for social innovation to respond to the disruptions created by the different features of the Information Society.
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  Rebuilding bridges: opportunities and challenges for responsible private sector engagement in Iraq’s reconstruction

  International Business Leaders Forum, 2003

  This report looks at the key issues that companies involved in Iraqi reconstruction must consider in order to manage their risks, make a contribution to the Iraqi people and make a profit without being accused of profiteering or opportunism.Eight guidance points for companies to manage risks and rebuild trust as well as profits in post-war Iraq are:Involve Iraqis from the outset by: hir

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