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Searching with a thematic focus on Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance policy, Governance

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  The ISO and corporate social responsibility: small and medium-sized enterprises

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  The existing social responsibility (SR) debate almost entirely focuses on large enterprises. The drivers of the debate, including NGOs, investors and regulatory authorities, naturally tend to focus on large, high profile companies.
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  Can a financial instrument improve the management of natural ecosystems?

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This report highlights the opportunities presented by the 2000 Amendment to the 1995 Pensions Act in the UK to improve companies’ management of natural capital, including ecosystems, the services they deliver and the millions of animal and plant species that constitute biological diversity.Highlights of the report include:the Amendment can play a role in improving the management of natu
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  Investment and sustainable development: a guide to the use and potential of international investment agreements

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004

  This paper examines the role played by international investment agreements (IIAs) in fostering sustainable development. It reviews the various rights and obligations, and arbitration rules of regional, bilateral and multilateral investment agreements.It finds that there is a need to reconsider the underlying purposes, substantive content and processes associated with IIAs.
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  Exploring the role of development cooperation agencies in corporate responsibility

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  The paper examines what donors are doing to promote and enable corporate responsibility. It presents findings from a conference held in March 2004.
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  Corporate governance in developing, transition and emerging–market economies

  OECD Development Centre, 2003

  This paper argues that sound corporate governance is vitally important for the success of long-term development efforts in developing economies. It argues that it is important because virtually all developing countries are going through a difficult process of transformation in which corporate governance plays a key role.
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  Summary of the main points contained in the conclusions and recommendations of the final report of the extractive industries review

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2003

  This document summarises the main points in the conclusions and recommendations sections of the World Bank’s Final Report of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR).
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  Options for promoting corporate responsibility in conflict zones: perspectives from the private sector

  International Peace Academy, 2002

  This paper examines private sector actors’ perceptions of and experiences with select existing and prospective measures (both voluntary and regulatory) to promote responsible business behavior in conflict zones.
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  Transnational corporations in conflict prone zones: public policy responses and a framework for action

  International Alert, 2003

  Private sector activity is a significant factor influencing the shape and intensity of many conflicts. However, there has to date been little effort to engage different types of private sector actors systematically in conflict prevention.
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  The regulation of private sector participation in urban water supply and sanitation: realising social and environmental objectives in developing countries

  Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 1999

  This paper provides an overview of the issues involved in the significant increase in private sector participation (PSP) in the urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in recent years, and examines some of the mechanisms available to the authorities responsible for the regulation of the sector.The report argues that PSP in urban WSS is likely to continue to increase in importance in deve
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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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