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Extracted 30NOV2011 from http://www.zurich.com/insight/downloadlibrary/ What is the role of insurance in economic development? (2008) Fortunately, in the past few years, several interesting lines of research have begun to map the specific contribu...
Read MoreExtracted 30NOV2011 from www.iifdc.org/pubs/Insurance%20Assessment%20Report.pdf [The claims and evidence in this report, produced in 2006, are important in the current climate of accelerating globalization.] Given the lack of global information on...
Read MoreExtracted 22NOV2011 from http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199296378/01student/additional/page_12.htm There are many factors in the macro-environment that will effect the decisions of the managers of any organisation. Tax changes, new laws, trade ...
Read MoreExtracted 20OCT2011 from http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/nonMember/InsideTrack/2011/10_26_Kaplan.htm In this podcast, Jeff [Kaplan] explains the latest developments in the anti-corruption area including the results of a benchmarking study condu...
Read MoreExtracted 07OCT2011 from http://www.kroll.com/ This edition of the Global Fraud Report discusses best practice approaches to managing fraud and regulatory risk across a variety of markets, and the importance of treating compliance as a tool to bui...
Read MoreExtracted 27SEP2011 from www.oecd.org/daf/insurance OECD work on insurance focuses on the liberalisation of insurance markets, private pensions, private health insurance, governance, financial education, financial management of catastrophes includ...
Read MoreExtracted 08SEP2011 from http://sustainablebusinessforum.com/davemeyer01/53880/chinese-ngo-claims-appl... Posted September 6, 2011 by Dave Meyer ...Six months ago, I presented my thoughts about a report by Chinese NGO Institute of Public and Envir...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://www.ethicalcorp.com/governance-regulation/what-business-should-know-ab... At the OECD ministerial meeting earlier this year when the new Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises were adopted, governments, trade unio...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://logisticsportal.org/community/boards/-/message_boards/message/138978#_... The new California law S657 requires retailers and manufacturers to inform the public about their efforts to combat slavery and human traffic...
Read MoreExtracted 29AUG2011 from http://firstforsustainability.org/risk-management/understanding-environmental... A financial institution's transaction with a client/investee can represent a financial, legal and/or reputational risk to the financial insti...
Read MoreExtracted 12AUG2011 from http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2011/08/09/announcing-ushahidi-v2-1-tunis/ [Ushahidi] announce the release of version 2.1 (Tunis) of the Ushahidi platform Reports. The new faceted reports page allows a user to filter re...
Read MoreExtracted 12AUG2011 from http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/meyer-kirby/2011/08/the-social-impact-bond-as-iron.html The social impact bond is a new financing approach that lets societies benefit from risk-taking on new ideas for social programs, without ask...
Read MoreExtracted 03AUG2011 from http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/building_your_export_business_global_tra... This white paper discusses the challenges facing exporters as they attempt to comply with export regulations in the US and globally. The repo...
Read MoreExtracted 02AUG2011 from http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2011/08/02/guest-commentary-invisible-visibility/ by James LeTart What happens when you go outside your organization to suppliers, co-packers, contract manufacturers, 3PLs, distributors and o...
Read MoreExtracted 27JUL2011 from http://links.eqentia.com/520b2ad1536d771f/?dst=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218601/Drug_maker_goes_social_to_end_supply_chain_crisis%3Fsource%3Drss_networking&utm_campaign=visibli&utm_source=scm&utm_medium=twitt...
Read MoreExtracted 27JUL2011 from http://www.3plnews.com/logistics-information-technology/manhattans-platform-t... Manhattan Associates, Inc (NASDAQ: MANH), the global supply chain optimization provider, today announced the launch of its ‘Platform Thinking...
Read MoreExtracted 26JUL2011 from http://mhlnews.com/global/procurement-gaining-supply-chain-visibility-0726/ Procurement professionals can add value in their companies’ businesses by taking a stronger role in supply chain management, according to Accentur...
Read MoreExtracted 19JUL2011 from http://go.worldbank.org/EE1KBSJV60 Speech by Robert B. Zoellick, President of The World Bank Group, to The International Institute for Strategic Studies, Geneva, Switzerland September 12, 2008 "The trauma of fragile states...
Read MoreListen to 15-minute podcasts at http://blogs.worldbank.org/conflict/rebuilding-trust-and-relationships-throug... Submitted by Nigel Roberts on Tue, 2011-07-05 11:59 Part 1: Demonstrating results in fragile situations through community-based develo...
Read MoreReport can be downloaded free from http://wdr2011.worldbank.org/fulltext More than 1.5 billion people live in countries affected by violent conflict. The World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development examines the changing natu...
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