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Home»Governance»Supporting economic development»Trade

Linkages between private sector development, conflict and peace

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  • Anna Louise Strachan
September 2017

The private sector can both exacerbate drivers of conflict and contribute to peacebuilding in post-conflict states. Examples of the role that the private sector can play in conflict and peace at the macro, meso and micro levels include the following: Macro level There is a general consensus in the literature that illicit trade in natural resources can increase in the ...» more

Human rights and governance provisions in OECD country trade agreements with developing countries

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  • Iffat Idris
April 2017

Trade agreements increasingly feature governance and human rights provisions. Countries taking the lead in this are the United States and Canada (the EU was not covered in this review). However, they tend to be selective in their provisions, focusing in particular on labour rights, transparency and anti-corruption, as well as public participation and intellectual property ...» more

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