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  Supermarkets and farming in Latin America: pointing directions for elsewhere?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002

  This paper identifies why supermarkets have grown so rapidly in Latin America, what the impacts on producers have been, and whether the pattern might be repeated in other regions.The policy conclusions are:Supermarkets occupy roughly 60% of the national retail sectors in Latin America, and around half this level of fresh fruit and vegetable productsFactors underpinning their growth
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  Trade for life: making trade work for poor people

  Christian Aid, 2001

  This report assesses the global trade rules and asks how they can be rewritten in order to benefit poor people.The paper argues that trade should not be driven by a theoretical model whose impact on poor people, they claim, is at best irrelevant and at worst damaging.
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  Forecasting the impact of sustainability issues on the reputation of large multinational corporations.

  Cambridge University, 2003

  This is the summary of a survey gauging CEO views of the impact of commitment to environmental and social values on corporate reputation and value. The CEOs of the Global Fortune 500 were asked to rate the significance of seven elements of reputation to the preservation of a positive corporate reputation.
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  Corporate accountability in South Africa: the petrochemical industry and air pollution

  Groundwork, 2002

  This report seeks to describe the present state of governance for corporate accountability in the South African context.
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  Fuelling poverty: oil, war and corruption

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This report argues that for many developing countries, oil reserves are more likely to prove a curse than a blessing. Poor countries dependent on oil revenues have a higher incidence of four great and interconnected ills.
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  The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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  Poverty alleviation through participation in fair trade coffee networks: existing research and critical issues

  Fair Trade Research Group, Colorado State University, 2002

  This is a background paper for a research paper on the poverty alleviation effects of fair trade coffee.
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  Working nine to five on climate change : an office guide

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002

  This is a practical guide for offices that want to reduce their CO2 emissions and consequent impact on climate change.
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  Failing the challenge: the other Shell report 2002

  Friends of the Earth, 2003

  This campaign document presents itself as an alternative to Shell's own sustainability report.
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  Guidelines for enhancing good economic and corporate governance in Africa

  United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance, 2002

  These guidelines grew out of a NEPAD meeting that resolved to prioritize the enhancement of good governance and are intended to provide a framework of policies, processes, instruments, codes, standards, indicators, best practices, and enforcement mechanisms that can be adopted and/or adapted by African countries to demonstrate their commitment to good economic and corporate governance practices.

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