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  International labour standards and the informal sector: developments and dilemmas

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This study attempts to explore how the informal sector should be approached in the light of the mandate of the ILO. It considers general issues in relation to international labour standards and the informal sector.The paper also provides a thorough review of the application of each major category of labour standards to the informal sector, through the examination of the texts of these instru
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  Bottom of the barrel: Africa’s oil boom and the poor

  Catholic Relief Services, USA, 2003

  In the light of an expanding oil industry in Africa - centred on the oil rich Atlantic coast - this report assesses the opportunities and disadvantages the exploitation of such oil resources will bring to the poor.
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  Motherhood, apple pie and false teeth: CSR in the diamond industry

  Partnership Africa Canada, 2003

  This paper begins by outlining the background to the controversy over conflict diamonds.
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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.
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  Addressing poverty issues in tourism standards: a review of experience

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  This working paper reviews the extent to which poverty reduction has been addressed in a number of different tourism standards.
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  Report on the institutional development of the Ecotourism Initiative Groups in the pilot regions of the BCEG Project

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  This document reports on a pilot project of the Central Balkan and Rila National Parks, that aimed to create business opportunities for local entrepreneurs offering eco-tourism services.
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  Ethical trading : a force for improvement, or corporate whitewash?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001

  This paper considers the challenges facing stakeholders in one particular case of private sector self-regulation: the Ethical Trading Initiative’s pilot project in monitoring compliance with its ‘Base Code’ in the South African wine industry. It explores questions arising both out of direct participation in ETI monitoring and inspection processes and out of independent research.
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  Do UK charities invest responsibly?: a survey of current practice

  Ethical Investment Research and Information Service, 2003

  This document reports on a survey of the major UK charities that asked about their ethical investment policy and practice.
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  Make trade fair for the Americas: agriculture, investment and intellectual property: three reasons to say no to the FTAA

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper focuses on the plan to integrate Latin America and the Caribbean into the Free Trade Area of the Americas and stresses that some areas of the plan go further than the most worrisome WTO rules - as in the case of investment and intellectual property.
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  Time for equality at work

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This report is the fourth Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. It examines the diverse forms of discrimination at work that have been identified and formally condemned nationally and internationally.

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