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Can Public–Private Partnerships Leverage Private Investment in Agricultural Value Chains in Africa? A Preliminary Review (2012)
Journal Article
Poulton, C., & Macartney, J. (2012). Can Public–Private Partnerships Leverage Private Investment in Agricultural Value Chains in Africa? A Preliminary Review. World Development, 40(1), 96-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.017

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) may be one way of increasing the level of private sector investment into poorly performing agricultural value chains. This paper considers a range of PPP mechanisms that respond to different market failures affectin... Read More about Can Public–Private Partnerships Leverage Private Investment in Agricultural Value Chains in Africa? A Preliminary Review.

The cost and benefit of banking regulations and controls, Chinese style (2012)
Journal Article
Ju, X., & Lo, D. (2012). The cost and benefit of banking regulations and controls, Chinese style. PSL Quarterly Review, 66(263), 385-402. https://doi.org/10.13133/2037-3643/10195

The neoclassical approach focuses its attention on the prudence of individual banks. In its objective of achieving allocative efficiency, it seeks to prevent market failures caused by the operations of the banks. In this light, it is contended that C... Read More about The cost and benefit of banking regulations and controls, Chinese style.

Rethinking International Corporate Social Responsibility: Due Diligence in the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and in National Laws (2012)
Journal Article
Muchlinski, P. (2012). Rethinking International Corporate Social Responsibility: Due Diligence in the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and in National Laws. Notizie di Politeia, 28(106), 83-99

The UN Framework on Human Rights and Business comprises the State’s duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and the duty to remedy abuses. The corporate responsibility to respect rests upon the notion of hu... Read More about Rethinking International Corporate Social Responsibility: Due Diligence in the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and in National Laws.

Mapping the Field of UK-EU Policing (2012)
Journal Article
Berenskoetter, F. (2012). Mapping the Field of UK-EU Policing. Journal of Common Market Studies, 50(1), 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02216.x

This article seeks to improve our understanding of the field of policing in an evolving European space. It explores connections between officers working in police institutions affiliated with the European Union and police institutions in the United K... Read More about Mapping the Field of UK-EU Policing.