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This Text Investigates The Manner In Which And The Degree To Which Non-state Initiatives That Regulate The Activities Of Business Contribute To Inclusive Development, Especially The Development Prospects Of The Most Vulnerable Sectors Of Society. The Collection Includes A Variety Of Individual Cases. Introduction: Multistakeholder Regulation From A Development Perspective / Peter Utting -- Development And The Problematic Of Non-state Regulation / Darryl Reed -- Activism, Business Regulation, And Development / Peter Utting -- Assessing The Eti Codes Of Labour Practice / Stephane Barrientos And Sally Smith -- Social Accountability 8000 And Socioeconomic Development / Andreas Rasche And Dirk Ulrich Gilbert -- The International Organization For Standardization / Stepan Wood -- The United Nations Global Compact And Development / Catia Gregoratti -- The Global Reporting Initiative: Promise And Limitations / David L. Levy And Halina Szejnwald Brown -- Balanço Social And Sustainability Reporting In Brazil / Eduardo R. Gomes And Ana Maria Kirschner -- The Forest Stewardship Council / Graeme Auld And Benjamin Cashore -- The Marine Stewardship Council / Graeme Auld -- The Globalg.a.p. / Agni Kalfagianni And Doris Fuchs. Global Retail Accululation Strategies And Wal-mart's Csr Regime / Ngai-ling Sum -- Applying The Atlanta Agreement On Child Labour In South Asia / Peter Lund-thomsen And Khalid Nadvi -- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (eiti) / Carola Kantz -- Blood Diamonds, Non-state Actors, And Development: The Kimberley Process And Beyond / Ian Smillie -- Peoples' Tribunals In Latin America / Marcelo Saguier -- The Worker Rights Consortium / Don Wells -- International Framework Agreements And Development / Nikolaus Hammer -- Ifoam And The Instiutionalization Of Organic Agriculture / René Audet And Corinne Gendron -- Fair Trade Gold: Prospects For Africa's Artisanal Miners / Gavin Hilson And Paul Kamlongera -- The World Fair Trade Organization: From Trust To Compliance / Eileen Davenport And William Low -- Fairtrade International (flo) / Darryl Reed -- Comercio Justo México: Potential Lessons For Fairtrade? / Alistair M. Smith And Francisco Vanderhoff Boersma -- From Non-state Regulation To Governance?: Shifting The Site Of Contestation / Darryl Reed And Ananya Mukherjee-reed. Edited By Darryl Reed, Peter Utting And Ananya Mukherjee-reed. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.