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- Global Finance and Development
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The author reports on this conference, held in Tokyo in 1999, which brought together leading development thinkers and practitioners, and finance experts. The main discussions are summarised, often with reference to the recent Asian financial crisis, and t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Oil and Politics in the Gulf of Guinea
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Author: Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo Publisher: London: Hurst & Co, 2007, I ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 13:08
- Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution
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Author: McChesney, Robert W., Ellen Meiksins Wood and John Bellamy Foster (eds.) ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 13:11
- Gender, health, and Fairtrade: insights from a research-action programme in Nicaragua
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The present article provides evidence from a collaborative research programme in Nicaragua that suggests that Fairtrade is falling short of its equity-promoting potential. Providing an alternative framing of Fairtrade based on the gendered social determ ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-03-30 16:06
- Corporate social responsibility: a challenge for the donor community
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As corporate social responsibility (CSR) increases in large corporate organisations, a genuine approach to sustainable development is often best achieved through the supply chain. This is directly applicable to North-South supply chain interactions (priva ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:47
- Equity in health and economic globalisation
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In this personal Viewpoint, the author argues that globalisation has led to increased inequity in health and healthcare provision, just as it aggravates social inequity in general. He highlights the growing sacrifice of equity to efficiency, and the compl ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- Juxtaposing handloom weaving and modernity: building theory through praxis
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This article investigates the interaction between the processes of building development theory and development practice, arguing that theory must start with practice – and should not be top–down, starting with the ‘outside gaze’ of a supposedly detached a ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- The Global Legitimacy Game: Civil Society, Globalization and Protest
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Author: Van Rooy, Alison Publisher: London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 1 4 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:48
- Multinational Corporations and Global Poverty Reduction
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Author: Jain, Subhash C. and Sushil Vachani Publisher: Cheltenham, UK & No ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:54
- In whose name? The accountability of corporate social responsibility
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Stakeholder dialogue, participation, and partnership have become mainstream concepts in international development policy, in particular in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, the accountability of multi-stakeholder initiatives on ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:50
