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|  | | Corporate Impact (30 Sep 2005) | Peter Utting
This brief article discusses the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and UN-business partnerships on development, and suggests that improved regulation and broader participation are necessary if these approaches are to make a real impact.
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| | | L’impact des Entreprises (30 Sep 2005) | Peter Utting
Ce bref article traite de l'impact de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises et des partenariats Nations Unies-entreprises pour le développement, et met en avant le fait qu'une meilleure réglementation et une plus grande participation sont nécessaires si l'on veut que ces approches aient un véritable impact.
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| | | El impacto de las empresas (30 Sep 2005) | Peter Utting
Este artículo examina de manera concisa, el impacto de la responsabilidad social de las empresas (RSE) y de las asociaciones entre la ONU y las empresas en el desarrollo, y sugiere que una mejora en la regulación y una participación más extensa son necesarias para que estos enfoques hagan un impacto real.
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| | | The Perils of Pro-Malay Policies (1 Sep 2005) | Terence Gomez
Should Malaysia once again turn to affirmative action to promote social justice and the development of a Malay business class?
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| | | Maladjusted African Economies and Globalisation (1 Jul 2005) | Thandika Mkandawire
In this paper, Thandika Mkandawire argues that it is the deflationary policies under the structural adjustment policies that have placed African economies on a “low growth path” which has discouraged investments, trade expansion and diversification, by undermining the investment-growth-trade nexus.
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| | | Comments on the UNRISD Report: Gender Equality, Striving for Justice in an Unequal World (17 May 2005) | Rolph Van Der Hoeven
This is a very noteworthy publication as it combines, without being dogmatic, rigorous economic, social and political analysis, leading to clear and understandable policy advice.
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| | | The Itinerary of an Idea (1 Oct 2004) | Thandika Mkandawire
Originally, the term "good governance" was meant to stand for more than official accountability geared towards market efficiency. The African scholars who first used it were demanding more equitable state-society relations. Democracy and social inclusion were considered core elements.
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| | | Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Public Sector Governance (1 Apr 2004) | Yusuf Bangura
These are fragments from the research report prepared for the March 25 - 27 conference in Riga on ethnic inequality and public sector governance organized by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, UNDP Latvia and the Latvian Ministry of Integration.
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| | | Can Developing Countries Retain Genuine Independence in Today’s World? (8 Mar 2004) | Désirée Abrahams
It has been argued that developing countries do not have genuine independence and therefore, cannot retain genuine independence in today’s world. It is hard not to be pessimistic when considering the obstacles that prevent developing countries from entering the system. At present the politico-economic rules are rigged and stacked against them...
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| | | Promoting Development through Corporate Social Responsibility - Does it Work? (1 Sep 2003) | Peter Utting
Over many decades a heated debate has existed regarding the role and impact of transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries.
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| | | The Last Word: Reflections on Racism and Public Policy (17 Mar 2003) | Rodolfo Stavenhagen
At the turn of the twentieth century, W.E.B. du Bois--the pre-eminent intellectual of the African-American people--foretold that it would be the century of the "colour line". During the decades that followed, the world witnessed the rise and fall of Nazism and the Holocaust, the civil rights movement in the United States, the end of colonialism and apartheid, the emergence of indigenous peoples as political actors on the international scene, the renewal of racism in Europe, and the horrendous spectacle of ethnic cleansings and genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda.
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| | | Essential Matter: Racism, Citizenship and Social Justice (17 Mar 2003) | Yusuf Bangura
Two important public policy issues have influenced debates on racism and xenophobia. The first is the complex way racial cleavages have shaped the evolution of citizenship, especially in countries with deep ethnoracial divisions. Much of the history of efforts to construct a responsive and accountable public sphere can be considered as struggles to demolish racial barriers and incorporate previously excluded groups into the system of rights and obligations that define citizenship.
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| | | Corporate Responsibility and Labour Issues in China: Reflections on a Beijing Conference (3 Feb 2003) | Peter Utting
An unusual event took place in Beijing in November 2002. At the conference on "Labour Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility under Globalization", held at Renmin University, representatives of global corporations and anti-sweatshop activists came together to discuss issues related to corporate social responsibility (CSR), notably working conditions and labour relations.
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| | | The Global Compact: Why All the Fuss? (1 Jan 2003) | Peter Utting
The two largest global development gatherings of 2002--the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa--focused considerable attention on the issue of public-private partnerships, in particular United Nations business partnerships.
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| | | The Global Compact and Civil Society: Averting a Collision Course (1 Nov 2002) | Peter Utting
One of the risks associated with the warming of relations between the UN and TNCs is that of heightened tensions between the UN and certain civil society actors...
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| | | The Terrible Toll of Post-Colonial Rebel Movements in Africa (29 Jul 2002) | Thandika Mkandawire
Many post-independence rebel movements in Africa have unleashed extremely brutal forms of violence, ...
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| | | The Herald - Zimbabwe News Online: "Government of national unity should be rejected" (8 Apr 2002) | Yusuf Bangura
The suggestion by some Commonwealth leaders that President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai should form a Government of national unity to heal the divisions in Zimbabwe is mistaken and should be rejected by both parties
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| | | Results of the Special Session on Social Development (14 Mar 2002) | John Langmore
The results of the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on social development (Gen...
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| | | Essential Matter: Social Policy in a Development Context (1 Oct 2001) | Shahra Razavi
In recent years there has been increasing recognition of the enabling role that social policy can play in the development process. The burgeoning interest in social policy flows from a number of different currents. First, the spread of democratization through much of Africa, Asia and Latin America has reinforced pressure from citizens to put social issues back on national policy agendas, and has brought renewed demands for economic policies that are socially equitable and inclusive.
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| | | The Last Word: Social Policy and Economic Development: Lessons from East Asia (1 Oct 2001) | Ha-Joon Chang
With the continued economic crises in the developing countries during the last couple of decades, even the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have come to pay attention to social policy. The Bank and the Fund, which traditionally decried the scourge of "premature" social policy in developing countries, have now come to acknowledge the need for a "social safety net".
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| | | Le retour du développement (7 Sep 2001) | Thandika Mkandawire
Pendant 20 ans, le développement en tant que politique volontaire était donné pour mort : seule la libéralisation, le marché, le laisser-faire, était source de développement. Mais cette voie-lŕ non plus n’a rien donné, et une économie politique du développement reprend du service, műrie par les échecs passés et la critique néolibérale.
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| | | Multilateral North South Reports: Racism, Xenophobia and Public Policy (1 Sep 2001) | Yusuf Bangura
UNRISD Conference on Racism and Public Policy in Durban, South Africa, 3-5 September 2001
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| | | UN-Business Partnership: Whose Agenda Counts? (1 Jun 2001) | Peter Utting
Relations between the United Nations and the private sector are undergoing a significant transformation, which is reflected in the increasing number of so-called "partnerships" involving UN agencies and large corporations. This paper questions the validity of the partnership approach from the perspective of fulfilling the UN's goal of promoting development and human rights for all.
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| | | Essential Matter: The Copenhagen Commitments and Geneva 2000 (1 Sep 1999) | Julien Disney
The World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) in Copenhagen in 1995 focused on three core problems—...
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| | | The Last Word: Reply to Jacques Baudot (1 Sep 1999) | Shahra Razavi
In the last issue of UNRISD News (Number 20), Jacques Baudot contributed a reflective and inspiring ...
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| | | Essential Matter: Follow-Up to the Social Summit and the Spirit of the Time (1 Jun 1999) | Jacques Baudot
The Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action contains lofty goals—from the eradication of pove...
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| | | The Last Word: Debt Relief: Taking Stock of Lessons Learned and Furthering Social Development (1 Jun 1999) | Eveline Herfkens
A quarter of a century after the eruption of the debt crisis in Latin America, debt is, unfortunatel...
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| | | Essential Matter: Post-Copenhagen: Personal Reflections (1 Jun 1999) | Juan Somavía
I would like to take this opportunity to look ahead to Copenhagen Plus Five and to give eight exampl...
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| | | Essential Matter: Informational Capitalism and Social Exclusion (1 Sep 1998) | Manual Castells
Excerpts from an opening address at the UNRISD conference on Information Technologies and Social Dev...
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| | | Essential Matter: Biodiversity Protection and Action Research in Costa Rica (1 Sep 1998) | Peter Utting
The greening of Costa Rica:Costa Rica has gained worldwide recognition as a country that is actively...
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| | | The Last Word: Hard Choices: Considering Moral Aspects of Humanitarian Intervention (1 Sep 1998) | Jonathan Moore
The whole phenomenon of humanitarian intervention has changed radically and grown exponentially in r...
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| | | Essential Matter: Corporate Environmental Management Means Business as Usual (1 Sep 1998) | Richard Welford
Damage to the environment of the planet over the last few decades has reached the point of causing u...
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| | | Protecting Social Achievements during Economic Crisis in Cuba (1 Jun 1998) | Solon Barraclough
The collapse of the USSR had a devastating effect on the Cuban economy. Since nearly 90 per cent of the island's international trade in the 1980s took place within the Soviet-led Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), the impact on Cuba of the events of 1989-1993 was similar to that experienced within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The gross domestic product of Cuba fell by over one third and its import capacity declined by four fifths.
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| | | The Last Word: Protecting Social Achievements during Economic Crisis in Cuba (1 Jun 1998) | Solon Barraclough
The collapse of the USSR had a devastating effect on the Cuban economy. Since nearly 90 per cent of ...
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| | | Essential Matter: Land Reform and Gender in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1 Jun 1998) | Cherryl Walker
Post-apartheid South Africa has embarked on a market-driven programme of land reform that can be des...
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| | | The Digital Advance: More than half the world's people have never made a phone call. Will ICTs assure us change? (1 Jun 1998) | Cees J. Hamelink
Digital Information-Communication Technologies (ICTs) promise the world a “new civilization”, an “in...
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| | | Essential Matter: Work Intensity, Gender and Well-being (1 Jun 1998) | Cecile Jackson, Richard Palmer-Jones
Employment is central to current understandings of poverty and well-being, as well as to prescriptio...
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| | | Essential Matter: Corporate Environmentalism: From Rhetoric to Results (1 Sep 1997) | Margaret Flaherty, Ann Rappaport
Author(s): Margaret Flaherty and Ann Rappaport Globalization is here to stay and, as a result, the s...
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| | | Essential Matter: The Paradox of Competition (1 Jun 1997) | Louis Emmerij
Author: Louis Emmerij Nobody would deny that a degree of competition is positive. Healthy competitio...
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| | | Essential Matter: Megacities and Local Development (1 Jun 1997) | Jaime Joseph
Latin American Megacities: Growing Poverty and Violence The great cities of Latin America were once ...
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| | | The Last Word: Maintaining the Momentum (1 Jun 1997) | Juan Somavía
The World Summit for Social Development marked a modern watershed in thinking on the security of peo...
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| | | Essential Matter: Non-Governmental Organizations Are Changing: A Perspective from Latin America (1 Jun 1997) | Corina Villacorta
In Latin America, most non-governmental organizations were founded in the latter 1970s and early 198...
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| | | Essential Matter: Globalization Excerpts from a Keynote Address at the UNRISD Conference on Globalization and Citizenship (1 Dec 1996) | Anthony Giddens
There are few terms that we use so frequently but which are ...
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| | | Essential Matter: Policy Dialogue on Women's Industrial Employment in Morocco (1 Dec 1996) | Rabéa Naciri
In Morocco, as in many other parts of the world, export industries, and the textile industry in part...
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