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Even in Chaos: Education in Times of Emergencies

Even In Chaos is a book edited by Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., President of the CIHC, advocating the importance of education in times of emergency.

Charity Resource

Charity Resource is a website that provides information about the best and most effective way to donate to organisations asking for financial or other assistance.

Corporate Social Responsibility in China: An Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Retailers' Sustainability Dimensions.

This paper discusses the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in China through an exploration of the way in which CSR operates in large retailers both in the Chinese and the international context.

Impacts of Corporate Code of Conduct on Labor Standards: A Case Study of Reebok's Athletic Footwear Supplier Factory in China (Xiaomin Yu, 2008)

This study examines the social impact of labour-related corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies or corporate codes of conduct on upholding labour standards through a case study of CSR discourse and codes implementation by Reebok, a leading branded company making athletic footwear in a...

Corporate social responsibility communication of Chinese corporations in China

This paper explores the way in which leading Chinese and global companies operating in China communicate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) principles and practices to Chinese stakeholders.

HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre

The Social Enterprise Business Centre is a website run by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service promoting social entrepreneurship in Hong Kong.

The engine of development: The private sector and prosperity for poor people

"The engine of development: The private sector and prosperity for poor people" is a paper publicated by Department for International Development (DFID) emphasizing the role of the private sector in its international development strategy.

Next Generation Business Strategies at the Base of the Pyramid

Published in 2011, this book collects together some of the newest thinking from top academics on doing business in emerging markets.

How can Public–Private Cooperation contribute to sustainable economic development in Fragile States? – from policy to practice

The Dutch report presents the overall findings of the project ‘Public–Private Cooperation (PPC) in Fragile States’ carried out under the 2007 Millennium Accord on the Network for Peace, Security and Development. The Network aims to support and encourage the sharing of expertise and cooperation...

World Investment and Political Risk 2010

World Investment and Political Risk 2010 offers a snapshot of political risk perceptions of the largest multinational enterprises and perspectives of the political risk insurance industry. This year, the report also focuses on the role that political risk perceptions play in influencing investment...

Business and Decent Work In Conflict Zones: A "Why?" and "How?" Guide

This short guide is intended to support companies operating or envisaging operations in areas ridden by tensions and conflict. It offers practical tips on how to build up a more peaceful and productive environment within the company itself and in its surrounding context, based on the ILO's "Decent...

Planting Seeds on Rocky Ground

This article is written by Experts from Afghan Government, Private Sector, and Academia Share Views on Investing in Conflict-Affected and Fragile States.

Investment and Political Risk in Conflict-affected and Fragile Economies

This chapter from the "World Investment and Political Risk 2010" report published by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency focuses on the role that political risk perceptions play in influencing investment into conflict-affected and fragile economies.

Volunteering for Impact: Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering

This paper produced for Pfizer and the Brookings Institute seeks to explore and understand the lessons learned among major corporations whose employees have engaged in international volunteering. While multiple studies have been published on domestic corporate volunteering activities, only a few...

Public-Private Partnerships: A Critical Tool for Driving Corporate Citizenship

This article, released by the General Electric Company, offers some fundamentals and keys to effective and good public-private partnerships.

Human-Centered Design Toolkit

The Human-Centered Design (HCD) Toolkit is intended to help international staff and volunteers understand a community’s needs in new ways, find innovative solutions to meet those needs, and deliver solutions with financial sustainability in mind. The Toolkit was designed specifically for NGOs...

FLOW: Field Level Operations Watch

FLOW, Field Level Operations Watch is an online system developed by Water for People that helps communities, members, partners, volunteers and others to monitor and evaluate the progress of water installation projects and thus to reduce development time and improve success. Using Android cell...

Fairtrade Campaigner and Supporter Promotional Materials Manual

Instructions for non-commercial use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on promotional materials (Examples of non-commercial promotional materials are: campaign banners, leaflets, posters, stickers, local authority produced materials, websites)

The International Resource Centre

The International Resource Centre (IRC) was established as a global public resource website to assist professionals across the world to combat exploitation of children, specifically child pornography.

Private Sector Toolkit for Working with Youth, UN technical paper

In September 2000, World Leaders came together to sign the Millennium Declaration, setting out eight anti-poverty goals to be reached by the year 2015.One of the major challenges for achieving the Goals is the current and forecasted state of many countries’ youth populations.