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  Voluntary approaches to corporate responsibility: readings and a resource guide

  United Nations [UN] Non-Governmental Liaison Service, 2002

  This guide aims to introduce the issues around CSR and the debates around voluntary regulation.
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  Addressing the general and reproductive health of women in global supply chains

  Business for Social Responsibility, 2002

  Women comprise a majority of the workforce in labor-intensive manufacturing industries such as apparel, footwear, toys, electronics, food processing and house-wares. They also work extensively in the informal sector, including in agriculture and handicrafts. The working environment in these industries can present health hazards to both male and female workers.
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  Responsible competitiveness: corporate responsiblity clusters in action

  AccountAbility, 2003

  The authors of this report argue that the prevalent CSR focus on the 'business case' does not go far enough. The paper states that this argument, that provides an economic rationale for companies to invest in social and environmental performance, is limited.
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  Striking the balance: sustainable development reporting

  World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2003

  This report argues that sustainable reporting can help companies to protect their reputation and brand and gain competitive advantage.The report covers three main areas:a step-by-step guide to help companies to improve or develop their reportsrecommendations on how to bridge the gap between the information needs of the financial community and the reporting practices of companies
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  Tourism in poor rural areas: diversifying the product and expanding the benefits in rural Uganda and the Czech Republic

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  The purpose of this paper is to explore strategies for expanding tourism in poor rural areas. It draws on an overview of the likely challenges and motivations involved in promoting rural tourism, and on two new case studies from the Czech Republic and Uganda, complemented by insights from other rural tourism initiatives elsewhere.
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  Strategies, impacts and costs of pro-poor tourism approaches in South Africa

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  This paper describes strategies devised by five private sector tourism enterprises in South Africa to address poverty and development issues in neighbouring communities. The enterprises include land-based safari operations, a diving operation, and a large casino-golf resort.
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  Methodology for pro-poor tourism case studies

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2002

  This document provides the methodology for writing a case study of a pro poor tourism (PPT) initiative.
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  Review of the impacts of previous pro-poor tourism research

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  This reports on the results from a survey that aimed to find out if the pro poor tourism research process and results had influenced attitudes and/or practice in tourism among those involved in six previously undertaken case studies of PPT initiatives.The author emphasises that the report did not aim to consider the impacts on the poor of the PPT activities, but rather to assess the impact of a
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  Working with the private sector on pro-poor tourism: opinions and experience from two development practitioners

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  Tourism has not to date been a focus for development agencies but there is nevertheless a considerable amount of activity in the tourism sector that links private sector and development sector interests. This short note briefly explains this engagement and seeks to draw a few lessons that have been learnt about engaging with business from a pro-poor perspective.
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  High stakes: the future for mountain societies

  Panos Institute, London, 2002

  This report looks at the threats that face mountain environments and the people that live in them. It describes a 'vertical gradient of poverty' whereby 80 per cent of mountain inhabitants live below the poverty line. The authors describe the political, cultural and social marginalisation of many mountain communities.

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