General Introduction

  • Theoretical Foundations of Private Development Actors: International and National
  • Historical Trajectory of Private Development Actors: From the 18th Century to the Present
  • Evolution of the Relationships Between Private and Public Development Actors
  • Globalization, Transnationalization of Public Policies and Their Impact on the State-Private Development Actors Relationship
  • Private Development Actors in Global Development Regulations and Agendas
  • Private Development Actors: Emergence of New Intervention Policies in Development

Private Development Actors

  • Emergence of Private Actors in Global Development?
  • Typology of Private Actors: Non-State Actors (NSAs): NGOs, International Organizations, Global Foundations, Corporations, Think Tanks, Philanthropy
  • Delegation and International Organizations
  • Private Actors as Political Actors in Development
  • Transnational Networks of Private Development Actors
  • Presence of Private Development Actors in Global Forums and Global Public Spheres

PHILANTHROPY, THINK TANKS, GLOBAL FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, NGOs

  • Theoretical Definition of Philanthropy, Think Tanks, Global Foundations, Corporations, and NGOs
  • Think Tanks, Foundations, Philanthropy, Corporations, NGOs: Politics and Power
  • NGOs, Think Tanks, Philanthropy and Their Relationship with the Global Business Sector
  • Corporations, Philanthropy and Their Relationships with Public and Private Structures, National, Sub-National, and International Structures of Cooperation, Aid, and Development

Role of Private Actors in the Public Sphere

Evolution of Contemporary Rhetoric: The Exercise of Authority – New Representations of Public and Private Authority:

  • democracy
  • human rights
  • transparency
  • governance
  • service provision
  • accountability
  • anti-corruption
  • compliance with norms/ethics
  • global public goods: education, development, health, agriculture, water, environment, natural resources, oceans…
  • dissemination of initiatives on sustainable development
  • global diffusion of principles, norms, responsibility
  • aid effectiveness
  • business partnership and development
  • intellectual property
  • rule of law
  • regulation and deregulation
  • standardization
  • authority

Normative Frameworks: Principles, Codes of Conduct, Voluntary Standards, Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Normative Frameworks, Self-Regulation, and Self-Governance: Introduction
  • Old and New Institutionalism in Norm Production
  • Principles, Codes of Conduct, Voluntary Standards/Soft Law/Responsive Regulation/Non-Governmental Systems of Regulation: State Regulation Systems and Private Regulation Systems
  • Standardization and/or Regulation of Private Development Actors?

Conceptual Analysis of Normative Frameworks: Some Examples of Regulatory Instruments or Voluntary Standards – Self-Regulatory: Public and Private: ISO, GRI, Kimberley Process, WRI-WBCSD, Voluntary Principles, Santiago Principles, INGO Accountability Charter, ICC International Chamber of Commerce, Equator Initiative Principles, UN Global Compact, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, PRI Principles for Responsible Investment…

Stakeholders and the Rhetoric of Poverty

  • Globalization and Poverty
  • United Nations Decades for the Eradication of Poverty: First Decade, 1997–2006; Second Decade, 2008–2017
  • Poverty and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: 2000–2015
  • Conceptual Definition of Stakeholders and Multi-Stakeholders
  • Stakeholders: A Mechanism of Interaction and Interdependence Between Government, Civil Society, International Organizations (IOs), Non-Governmental Organizations, and Business?
  • Poverty Eradication: The Stakeholder Paradigm in the Era of Business as an Actor in Global Development
  • Stakeholders and the Rhetoric of Poverty:

Making Markets Work for the Poor > Policies for the Poor > Making Democracy Work for the Poor > Voices for the Poor > Making Governance Work for the Poor > Making Globalization Work for the Poor > Doing Business with the Poor > Business Fighting Poverty > Empowerment of the Poor Through Markets…

New Relationships Between Non-Governmental Actors, Government, and Transnational Corporations

  • Enclaves of Political Power in Global Development Governance: Government, Business, and Private Non-Governmental Development Organizations
  • How the Transnational Business Sector is Involved in the Rhetoric of Sustainable Development?
  • NGO–Transnational Corporation–Local Government Partnerships
  • Dissemination of Principles and Practices of Private Sector Transparency in Public Spheres
  • NGOs, Transnational Corporations, and Human Rights

Networks, Business, and Development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia

Alliances, Networks, Platforms of Private Non-Governmental Development Organizations, Corporations, Philanthropy, and Their Influence on National and Transnational Policies in Different Fields of Specialization and Intervention

  • Inclusive Business: Business Initiatives in Sustainable Development – WBCSD-SNV Alliance for Latin America, Asia, Africa
  • Business Action for Africa: Transnational Private Sector in Development
  • Business Partnership Hub, UN Global Compact
  • GAVI: The Vaccine Alliance – Business Alliance: Business Model, Partnership Model: GAVI Alliance, Public-Private Partnership for Global Health: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • The Global Fund: Business Model, Partnership: Government, Civil Society, Private Sector – Association to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria: G8 and United Nations – Global Fund, Guide of Principles: Foundation Based in Switzerland. Partnership with GBC, Global Business Coalition on Health
  • Global Business Coalition, GBC Health: Coalition of Companies and Organizations/Global Business Community: GBC Health Partnership and MDG Health Alliance – Initiative of the UN Special Envoy for Financing the Millennium Development Goals and for Malaria
  • Global Business Coalition for Education: Companies, Philanthropy-Foundations, and Other Business Networks
  • GBCAT, Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking: Global Coalition of Corporations for the Eradication of Human Trafficking
  • GEF, Global Environment Facility: FMAM, Global Environment Facility
  • Business Call to Action: Transnational Corporations – Inclusive Business Model: Governments–Bilateral Agencies, United Nations, International Private Foundation
  • Business Action for Africa: Transnational Corporations and International Organizations
  • IGD: Initiative for Global Development: Network of CEOs, US, African, European, Asian Companies – Poverty Reduction, Catalyzing Business Growth and Investment in Developing Countries: Business-Driven Development
  • The Partnering Initiative: Partnership Initiative – Public-Private Collaboration: Government, NGOs, Development Agencies, UN, Private Sector – Partnership for Development with the Business Sector
  • EABC: East African Business Council: Private Sector in East Africa – B2B, Business-to-Business: Business Associations and Transnational Corporations
  • GWOPA, Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance: Global Network of Partners, UN-Habitat, Civil Society Organizations, Trade Unions, Associations, Regional Banks, Educational Institutes, Operators, Financial Institutions – Water Operators’ Partnership

Diplomacy and Private Development Actors: Corporations, Philanthropy

  • Evolution of Public Diplomacy and the Emergence of the Notion of Non-Governmental Diplomacy and Its Presence in Transnational Public Spheres
  • What Is Non-Governmental Diplomacy?
  • Diplomacy, Non-Governmental Organizations, and International Relations
  • Non-Governmental Diplomacy: Advocacy, Diplomatic Lobbying, and International Spheres of Policymakers/Lawmakers…
  • Private Actors and Diplomacy: Environmental Diplomacy, Climate Diplomacy, Global Health Diplomacy, Corporate Diplomacy, Multi-Stakeholder Diplomacy, Celebrity Diplomacy… Concepts, Practices, Limitations, Enclaves
  • Multi-Stakeholder Diplomacy
  • Corporate Diplomacy
  • European Union, Private Development Actors, and Diplomacy
  • Celebrities as Ambassadors
  • Citizen Diplomacy

Legitimacy and Power of Private Actors in the 21st Century

  • Private Actors and Legitimacy: Brief Introduction
  • Private Actors and Lex Mercatoria
  • Private Power Structures Beyond Public Governance

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