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The Human Rights Potential Of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Christiana Ochoa, Patrick Keenan
The Human Rights Potential Of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Christiana Ochoa, Patrick Keenan
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In April, 2008, World Bank president, Robert Zoellick, called for sovereign wealth funds to invest one percent of their capital in Africa. The result will be the International Finance Corporation's Sovereign Funds Initiative and is an attempt to nurture the potential of sovereign wealth funds to contribute to economic development and improved well-being in a number of countries in Africa and elsewhere. This article explores the actual potential of the Sovereign Funds Initiative to realize its desired goals. After exploring and demonstrating the disappointing effects of natural resource wealth, development aid and foreign direct investment on some developing countries, the …
The Future Of Corporate Accountability For Violations Of Human Rights, Christiana Ochoa
The Future Of Corporate Accountability For Violations Of Human Rights, Christiana Ochoa
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