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The Role of Non-State Actors as Standard Setters: Abstracts & papers

The following abstracts or papers from speaker papers are available for download:

Public law values and the governance of marketization in Africa:
can administrative law rescue the state from emasculation?
, by Dr Migai Akech, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Conceptualizing the use of public-private partnerships as a governing
mechanism in critical information infrastructure protection
, by Dan Assaf, Doctoral Candidate, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Contesting Accountability and Legitimacy in Non-State Regulatory
Regimes
, by Prof Julia Black, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
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Accountability of transnational actors: is there scope for cross sector principles?, Monica Blagescu, Accountability Programme, One World Trust.
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> For a copy of the full paper, please contact the author (mblagescu(at)oneworldtrust.org)

Fostering regulation? Corporate social responsibility in countries with
weak regulatory capacity
, by Prof Dr Tanja A Börzel, Freie Universität Berlin / Prof Dr Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute.
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Standard Setting at the Cutting Edge: Multi-stakeholder Strategies for the Extractive Industries, by Richard Calland, Executive Director ODAC, IDASA, South Africa
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Private Military Companies: international humanitarian law
considerations affecting their regulation
, by Lindsey Cameron, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Bilateral investment treaties, non-state authority, and Africa, by Prof Dr A Claire Cutler, University of Victoria, Canada.
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Focus non-western forms of governance: a statement for equivalence
functionalism in governance research in areas of limited statehood
, by Anke Draude, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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Business and public-private regulation of global public goods:
beyond corporate social responsibility?
, by Dr Manfred Elsig, World Trade Institute, Berne/ Dr Franck Amalric, Institut National de Cancer, Paris.
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Certification as a new system of non-state global forest governance
system
, by Stéphane Guéneau, IDDRI France.
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* Please do not cite without permission. Comments are very welcome and can be emailed to gueneau(at)iddri.org / SVP ne pas citer sans permission de l'auteur. Les commentaires sont bienvenus et peuvent etre envoyes par email a gueneau(at)iddri.org.

States and transnational actors: reasserting sovereignty?, by Ass Prof Peter Hägel, American University in Paris, France.
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> For a copy of the full paper, please contact the author (phaegel(at)aup.fr).

Microgovernance in Bangladesh: an effective tool of good governance, by Aynul Islam, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.
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> For a copy of the full paper, please contact the author (aynulbd03(at)yahoo.com and saynul(at)hotmail.com)

The role of the private business sector in conflict management:
lessons from Guatemala
, by Dr Ulrike Joras, Swisspeace, Switzerland.
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> For a copy of the full paper, please contact the author (ulrike.joras(at)swisspeace.ch)

Back to the Basics – 10 Myths About Governance and Corruption, by Daniel Kaufmann, Director Global Programmes, World Bank Institute.
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Nonstate Actors Matters for Public Governance – An unorthodox empirical
perspective
, by Daniel Kaufmann, Director Global Programmes, World Bank Institute.
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On measuring governance. Framing issues for Debate, by Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay, World Bank Institute (Issues paper for January 11th, 2007 Roundtable on Measuring Governance, Hosted by the World Bank Institute and the Development Economics Vice-Presidency of The World Bank)
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Deliberative governance across borders - Democratic legitimacy and
effectiveness through non-state actors and public-private cooperation
in the great lakes-regime
, by Dr Andreas Klinke, King’s College London, UK.
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> For a copy of the full paper, please contact the author (andreas.klinke(at)eawag.ch)

Challenges for governance at central banks, by Elmar B Koch, Central Banking Studies, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
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Private standards in the North – effective norms for the South?, PD Dr iur Eva Kocher, University of Hamburg, Germany.
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Nonstate Actors, the Public Sphere, and the Challenge of Democratic Governance – Keynote address, delivered by Ibrahim Lamorde, Director fo Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria, on behalf of Mal Nuhu Ribadu, Executive Chairman, EFCC.
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Coping with Illicit Power Structurese, by Michael Miklaucic, USAID.
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How can a private standard setter meet civil and regulatory expectations, by Philippe Montigny, ETHIC Intelligence.
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What’s new? Local and regional non-state actors at the margins of
public policy in Africa
, by Prof Dieter Neubert, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
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Investing up: FDI and the Cross-Country Diffusion of ISO 14001
Management Systems
, by Aseem Prakash, University of Washington/ Matthew Potoski, Iowa State University, USA.
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> For a copy of the full paper, please contact the author (aseem(at)u.washington.edu)

Le conseil des églises chrétiennes de Madagascar et l’engagement
politique
, by Prof Solofo Randrianja, Université de Tamatave, Madagaskar.
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The role of non-state actors in standard setting processes for USforeign
policy: the example of the International Religious Freedom Act
, by Jeannette Schade, Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden, Germany.
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Environmental standards courtesy of northern financial institutions -
insular phenomenon or the future of standard-setting in the South?
, by Marcus Schaper, University of Maryland, USA.
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The State As A Curse Or A Blessing For the World Order: How Much Does International Law Depend On States As Actors?, by Ambassador Paul Seger, Head of the Directorate for Public International Law, Legal Adviser of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
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Building Trust in a State under International Receivership: Some Lessons from Sierra Leone, by Amadu Sesay, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
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The myth of international standards: imposing or imitating
responsibility?
, by Egle Svilpaite, University of Basel, Switzerland.
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Africa Double Challenge: responding to internationalised security
systems and regulating private military forces
, by Dr Francis K Wairagu, Moi University, Kenya.
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The relevance of state law in the context of international migration:
a case study of child adoption in Tanzania
, by Prof Ulrike Wanitzek, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
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The democratic legitimacy of international law: the role of non-State actors, by Steven Wheatley, Senior Lecturer in International Law at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
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