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Anti-Corruption and the Role of Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations
U4 Brief | Oct 2007
Recent initiatives such as the Global Compact (Principle 10) and the DAC Revised Principles for Donor Action in Anti-Corruption call for proactively engaging ...
private sector, corruption, World
Networks and informal power structures in South East Europe
Book Chapter | Jun 2011
The Handbook of Doing Busines in South East Europe provides a comprehensive yet compact account of the business environment in South East Europe. Academic ...
No Longer a Guest: Permitting Syrians in Sudan
Sudan Brief | Dec 2020
When Syrian refugees first started arriving to Sudan in 2014 they were welcomed as guests. But Sudan’s economic crisis combined with Syrians’ ...
refugees, business, Jordan Compact, economics, crisis, Sudan, Syria
Business and Social Responsibility in the Arab World: The Zakat vs. CSR models in Syria and Dubai
Journal Article | Jan 2013
The article explores the promotion and reception of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Arab world, taking Syria and Dubai as "most different" ...
global compact, globalization, symbolic capital, Islamic welfare, corporate social responsibility, Middle East, Syria, Dubai, Middle East
TRAFIG: Creative solutions to the challenge of forced displacement
News | 17 Dec 2018
On December 17, the Compact on Refugees will – most likely – be adopted at the UN General Assembly. One of the central goals of the Compact ...
Migration, Displacement, Refugees
Syrian Refugees in Jordan: From Al-Bashabsha to the Jordan Compact
Event | 29 Sep 2020
Talk traces the flows of Syrian refugees into Jordan from 2011 until the 2014 closing of the border.
refugees, jordan, jordan compact, migration, syrian conflict, borders, economic relief, urban refugees, Jordan
CSR and Reputation Building in Syria: Contextualizing the 'Business Case'
Book Chapter | Apr 2013
The business case for CSR refers to the idea that companies should adopt socially responsible practices out of self-interest. This article critically ...
Syria
Country Evaluation Brief: Somalia
Report in External Series | Jun 2017
Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries having suffered from decades of acute political fragility, instability, violent conflict and lack ...
Somalia
Understanding the effects of the EU's migration management: Interview with Cathrine Talleraas
News | 15 Mar 2021
Migration management is a major global challenge. But how can we ensure that policies made in the EU are also in the best interests of countries outside ...
Migration
Temporary protection as a durable solution? The 'return turn' in asylum policies in Europe (TemPro)
Project | Jan 2020 - Dec 2024
Following high numbers of refugee arrivals in 2015, European countries have responded with restrictive policies reinforcing the temporary nature of the ...
Norway, Denmark, UK
‘Breaking and Creating Boundaries in the Middle East’
Event | 14 Aug 2019
The Eleventh Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies held in Helsinki, Finland, 14th-16th of August 2019. The conference was organised by The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSM) and hosted by the Finnish Institute in the Middle East and the University of Helsinki.
Strengthening Nordic development cooperation in and with Afghanistan
Report in External Series | Mar 2009
The meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Stockholm on 18 April 2008 adopted a Plan of Action for Nordic Cooperation in Afghanistan to enable them ...
Afghanistan
Project Workshop on Urban Displacement in MENA
Event | 18 Sep 2020
Contributors to URBAN3DP meet to discuss contributions on urban displacement policy in MENA
urban, displacement, refugees, middle east, , jordan, iraq, turkey, Lebanon, Palestine