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  Fatal fashion: Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: a call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2013

  The garment industry in both Bangladesh and Pakistan is recognised for paying low wages, demanding and unsafe working conditions, and the repression of unions. Workers are not organised and therefore not in the position to monitor or report freely about safety hazards.
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  EITI and sustainable development: Lessons and new challenges for the Caspian region

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is sparking renewed interest and debate on issues such as transparency of government – company contracts, reporting on revenues from natural resources by company and by project, and reporting on revenue expenditure.
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  Labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain: from compliance to good practice. An Oxfam study of labour issues in Unilever’s Viet Nam operations and supply chain

  2013

  This Oxfam report, based on a case study on Vietnam, assesses the labour standards in Unilever’s operations and wider supply chain and compares the findings with the company's high-level policy commitments. The company co-operated fully with the study, providing access to its staff, operations, data and suppliers.
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  Poor governance, good business: how land investors target countries with weak governance

  2013

  Investors are buying up vast tracks of land across the developing world in a modern day ‘land rush’. This analysis by Oxfam explores where land is changing hands and why. It finds that investors appear to be targeting countries with weak governance in order to secure land quickly and cheaply.
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  Applying the concept of human security to research on the consequences of mining-induced displacement and resettlement

  Human Security Gateway, 2012

  The development of international mining projects is one of the most visible consequences of globalisation. But developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that more than a million people per year may be resettled as a result of resource extraction in various parts of the globe.
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  Ethical cultures in large business organizations in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

  2011

  This study focuses on comparison of perceptions of ethical business cultures in large business organisations from four largest emerging economies, referred to as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), and from the US.
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  Investigate without peril: how to support investigative journalism in East Africa?

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012

  Investigative journalism distinguishes itself from regular journalism by its depth and subject matter, often involving crime, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing. This brief analyses the obstacles to investigative journalism in the East African region, and discusses what can be done to help address these barriers.The paper finds that:
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  Addressing corruption in the health sector: securing equitable access to health care for everyone

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

  Corruption in the health sector can be a matter of life and death, especially for poor people in developing countries. This paper shows that corruption in the health sector can have severe consequences for access, quality, equity and effectiveness of health care services.The paper illustrates that:
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  How to monitor and evaluate anti-corruption agencies: guidelines for agencies, donors, and evaluators

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

  The number of Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) around the world has increased dramatically, but the actual evidence about ACAs performance is scarce. This report argues that ACAs need to do a better job at establishing results-based indicators for their work, showing how activities lead to impact.
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  Maid in India - young Dalit women continue to suffer exploitative conditions in India’s garment industry

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2012

  In Tamil Nadu young women workers continue to suffer exploitative working conditions while making garments for Western brands. Thousands of girls work under recruitment and employment schemes that amount to bonded labour.

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