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Business Models that Make a Difference
This is a publication produced by IFC (the International Finance Corporation) arguing that inclusive business models are good for business.
Making Private Standards Work for You: A guide to private standards in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors
Buyers and producers are faced with many overlapping but non-aligned standards. According to some estimates, more than 1,000 codes of conduct and management systems exist. But most companies in developing countries do not have much tangible information. “Making Private Standards Work for You: A...
United Nations Industrial Development Organisations (UNIDO)
UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. UNIDO recognizes the MDGs as the overarching framework for collective action and believes that a competitive and...
World Health Organization (WHO) - European Office for Investment for Health and Development - Italy - Venice
The mission of the Office, which opened in 2003, is to provide an evidence-based, systematic and accountable approach to the full integration of the social and economic determinants of health into development strategies of countries in the WHO European Region. The Office fulfils two interrelated...
Asian Development Bank Institute
ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1966, ADB is now owned by 63 members, mostly from the Asia region. The headquarters are in Manila, Philippines, with 24 other offices around the world. ADB's activities...
Bundesministerium fur wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)
The aim of development cooperation is to give people the freedom to shape their own lives, by making their own decisions and taking responsibility for them, without suffering material hardship. With this aim in mind, the German government is seeking with its development policy to help make...
Reality of Aid
The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) is an international network of organisations that come together to analyse and promote improvements to international aid. Strategic Objectives: •To provide reliable and well-researched reports on international aid performance; •To influence national and...
Customs Service - Poland
This site contains general information on importing goods in Poland, in English and Polish. Includes some humanitarian aid specific information.
Third World Network Africa
Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world’s resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil...
INDIACSR
INDIACSR is only CSR news portal in India providing a business network for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through which companies can share ideas on best practices and discuss collaborative projects between the firm and its end stakeholders. INDIACSR also provides a forum for dialogue...
Opportunities for the Majority: Bank initiative that promotes and finances private sector business models
The Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ) Initiative promotes and finances market-based, sustainable business models that engage private sector companies, local governments and communities in the development and delivery of quality products and services for the majority of the population of Latin...
The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Commodities: An overview of best practices across commodity-exposed asset classes
“The responsible investor’s guide to commodities” concludes a multi-year project sponsored by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the UN Global Compact Secretariat. The goal of this work was to improve the understanding of...
A discussion paper on social intrapreneurship
This paper produced by the Doughty Centre at the Cranfield University examines the potential value of social intrapreneurship, and provisionally defines a social intrapreneur as "a person within a large corporation who takes direct initiative for innovation which addresses social or environmental...
Guyana Revenue Authority
The Guyana Revenue Authority, which consists of the GRA Secretariat, Internal Revenue, and Customs & Trade Administration, is the government's tax and trade authority in Guyana. As the agency developed, so too were the programs that the agency focused on. These encompassed areas inclusive of...
Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOS) - Kazakhstan
This Dutch organisation works in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to support the NGO sector through grant projects. In particular, HIVOS focuses on the following sectors of NGO activity: culture and art, women, sustainable development, human rights and AIDS awareness.
United Nations (UN)
Founded in 1945, the UN is a humanitarian agency dedicated to maintaining peace and security in the world, solving global problems, and protecting human rights. The UN funds projects that seek to reduce poverty and to make the world a better place for all people.
World Bank - Sierra Leone
The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to...
Air Serv International
Air Serv International provides aviation services to the international humanitarian community and direct aid during the most desperate crisis situations in the world. Air Serv transports aid, such as food and medicines, to relief workers and intensive care patients, in hard-to-reach areas. Air Serv...
Commodity Inspection Services BV
Commodity Inspection Services BV are providers of professional inspection services such as technical inspections, PSI, commodity inspections, verification, certification services, analysis services for the facilitation and protection of international trade. Services rendered specifically for the...