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Unanswered questions: companies, conflict and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights and Accountability in Development, 2004This report examines the role of companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict, their reactions to being listed by the UN Panel and the publicly unanswered questions that remain about their conduct. It frames the questions in relation to the OECD Guidelines. Governments adhering to the Guidelines have a responsibility to ensure that they are applied.DocumentAfghanistan, Inc: a Corpwatch investigative report
Corporate Watch, 2006This investigative report argues that Afghans are losing their faith in the development experts whose job is to reconstruct and rebuild their country. While the quality of life for most is modestly improved, they were promised much more.DocumentUnderstanding multinational corporations in war-torn societies: Sudan in focus
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2006This brief encourages forming a better understanding of multinational corporation (MNC) decision-making in war-torn societies by providing an analytical tool to organize the various instrumental factors pertinent to individual corporations. Based on extensive research conducted on international oil companies in Sudan, a framework is suggested to classify individual MNC behaviour.DocumentTrade and conflict
Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2005This report examines the theoretical underpinnings of trade and conflict, and lays out the debate on how free trade affects conflict.DocumentA complex reality: the strategic behaviour of multinational oil corporations and the new wars in Sudan
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2006This paper examines the factors which influence the strategic behaviours of multinational corporations (MNCs) exploiting oil resources. The study maps the operations of eight prominent MNCs in Sudan since the initial exploration of oil, through its production, to the present day structure of the oil industry.DocumentWho's minding the store?: the business of private, public and civil actors in zones of conflict
Bonn International Center for Conversion, 2006This briefing paper assesses the relationship between the private sector and conflicts. It examines the private sector’s involvement in violent conflicts, and introduces approaches aimed at containing the negative impact of businesses on conflict dynamics and at involving the private sector actively in crisis prevention and peace building.DocumentAiding, trading or abetting: the future of trade, aid and security: 6 key objectives
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005This series of policy briefings outlines six key objectives that the international community should strive to achieve if trade and aid policy is to support peace and security rather than increasing the likelihood and longevity of violent conflict.DocumentMaking it work: why the Kimberley Process must do more to stop conflict diamonds
Global Witness, 2005This report considers the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, an agreement set up to eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds.DocumentCrude designs: the rip off of Iraq’s oil wealth
New Economics Foundation, 2005This report reveals how an oil policy with origins in the US State Department is on course to be adopted in Iraq, which will allocate the majority of Iraq’s oilfields – accounting for at least 64% of the country’s oil reserves – for development by multinational oil companies.Economic projections published in the report show that the model of oil development that is being proposed will cost Iraq