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    South African banks footprint in SADC mining projects: environmental, social and governance principles

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2017
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    Getting down to business: lessons from the African Peer Review Mechanism

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    The Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is an initiative aimed at fostering good governance and development in its participating states. As part of its multi-pronged inquiry, it devotes a great deal of attention to investigating corporate governance on the continent. However, thus far corporate governance has attracted less attention than any other area of the APRM.
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    ‘Good Citizens’: corporate social responsibility in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a growing consideration for businesses. The Country Review Reports (CRRs) compiled through the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) provide a unique lens through which CSR application in Africa can be gauged.
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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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    ephemera

    The independent journal, ephemera, encourages contributions that explicitly engage with theoretical and conceptual understandings of organisational issues, processes and life.
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    Death and taxes: the true toll of tax dodging

    Christian Aid, 2008
    This report discusses the global taxation system that allows corporates to avoid their responsibilities while condemning the poorest to stunted development, even premature death. It argues that tax avoidance is a grey area. Although it is legal, it has a sliding scale of legitimacy. In the corporate world, avoidance often involves the use of tax havens to shelter and boost profits.
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    Increasing government revenues from the extractive sector in Sub-Saharan-Africa

    Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2008
    The extractive sector is a major source of domestic revenue for sub-Saharan African countries that can help in achieving  the Millennium Development Goals. This paper examines the factors hindering these countries from generating the optimum revenue from the extractive industries. It identifies the following as the main impediments:
  • Organisation

    The Berkeley Electronic Press

    The Berkeley Electronic Press ("bepress") produces tools to improve scholarly communication. These tools provide innovative and effective means of content production and dissemination.
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    Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania

    The Advanced Study of India is the only research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India.
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    Legal empowerment for local resource control: securing local resource rights within foreign investment projects in Africa

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    This report examines how local resource rights can be secured within the context of foreign investment projects in Africa. Taking foreign investment flows as a given, the report explores ways in which benefits for the local population can be maximised and costs minimised.

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