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Geneva 2000 Occasional Papers

OPG1

Civil Society, NGDOs and Social Development:
Changing the Rules of the Game
Alan Fowler, January 2000

OPG2

Business Responsibility for Sustainable Development
Peter Utting, January 2000

Printed in France
GE.00-00039 - January 2000 - 4,000

UNRISD/OPG2/00/2

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