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    Sustainable tourism and poverty elimination study

    Overseas Development Institute, 1999
    This report is an overview of the potential of the worldwide tourism industry to benefit the poor.
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    The state of corporate governance: experience from country assessments

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2002
    The paper finds that although progress has been made in corporate governance, there is a lot to be done to regulate and clarify practice.These assessments have been prepared under the joint World Bank/IMF initiative of the “Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes” (ROSCs).
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    Ethical consumers and ethical trade: a review of current literature

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2001
    Reviews the large number of consumer surveys of ethical consumerism, and describes the different types of ethical consumer, their motivation and concerns, their willingness to pay an ethical premium, and the ways they learn about ethical products.
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    Childhood challenged: South Africa's children, HIV/AIDS and the corporate sector

    Save the Children Fund, 2002
    HIV/AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world, including South Africa,and will continue to affect the lives of several generations of children.This report from Save the Children summarises research undertaken into the South African corporate sector's engagement with affected children in 2001.HIV/AIDS is a major challenge for business in South Africa,and
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    Tomorrow's market: global trends and their implications for business

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2002
    Aimed at the business community, this report looks at the rising interest in using market solutions to address some of the world's most pressing problems such as population, wealth, nutrition, health, education, consumption, energy, emissions, efficiency, ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater, urbanization, mobility, communications, labor, democracy, accountability and privat
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    Child labour and labour rights in the sporting goods industry: a case for corporate social responsibility

    Clean Clothes Campaign, 2002
    This study seeks to (re)examine the issue/problem of child labour and other labour standards in the football industry in India building upon the previous studies done on the industry in the recent past.The study presents results from interviews and surveys of households and stitching centres in the football producing areas of Jallandhar and Batala, Punjab.
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    The dark side of football: child and adult labour in India's football industry and the role of FIFA

    Global March Against Child Labour, 2000
    This report looks at child labour and working conditions in the sport goods industry in Punjab, India.
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    Mining & minerals sustainability survey 2001

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2001
    This survey was carried out by Price Waterhouse Coopers as part of IIEDs Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project (MMSD).
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    Treasure or Trouble? Mining in developing countries

    World Bank Group Mining [World Bank, International Finance Corporation], 2002
    This policy paper for the world bank addresses the question of whether countries consider their mineral wealth an asset, to be used to stimulate or enhance their economic growth potential, or are there reasons to steer an economy away from the development of the mineral sector?Reviewing the cases of 51 “mining countries” in the developing world, three conclusions can be drawn:First, in
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    The Mining and Metals Industries: Progress in Contributing to Sustainable Development

    International Council on Mining and Metals [ICMM], 2002
    This working paper seeks to provide a brief overview of progress over the past decade of the mining and metals industries' contribution to sustainable development. It cannot include everything but attempts to cover the thematic areas of Agenda 21 as they relate to the industry, and as well as those issues which are important to the industry's stakeholders.

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