Country Projects

• Angola
• Cambodia
• El Salvador
• Philippines
• Russia
• Vietnam

Angola

Date:
October 2002 to November 2003

Sector:
Oil

CSR Issue:

transparency, good governance, local skills development, employment generation

Technical Assistance Papers and Related Reports:

• CSR in the Oil Sector in Angola: World Bank Technical Assistance Study, January 2003 ( 478 KB)
• Angola Petroleum Sector CSR Survey, August 2003 ( 872 KB)
• Angola Oil and Gas Industry Codes of Conduct ( 1.82 MB)
• Comparison Comparative legal analysis of corporate codes of conduct
  - Narrative (English 1.15 MB); (Portuguese 0.97 MB)
  - Labor and Human Rights Comparative Matrix (English 1.19 MB)
  - Environmental Standards Comparative Matrix (English 1.51 MB)
  - Socio-economic Issues Comparative Matrix (English 1.38 MB)
• Final Angola CSR Report and Appendix A (English 115 KB) ; (Portuguese 105 KB)

Presentations from the International Conference on Public Sector CSR (8-9 October 2003):

• Paul Kapelus, Founding Director, African Institute for Corporate Citizenship ( 559 KB)
• Mamadou Marcel Blondin Beye, International Relations, Regional Coordinator – Africa and Stephen Burns, CSR Manager, ChevronTexaco ( 6.22 MB)
• Filipo Nardin, Director, Angola Educational Assistance Fund and Chairman, US-Angola Chamber of Commerce ( 90.7 KB)
  
  

Cambodia

Date:
June 2004 to April 2005

Sector:
Garment

CSR Issue:
Labor standards and competitiveness

Technical Assistance Reports and Presentations:

• FIAS Project brief: CSR & Cambodian industry

• Corporate Social Responsibility & the Apparel Sector, Buyer survey results (English ); (Khmer )
• Cambodian Garment Sector: Buyers survey results summary (English )
• Press release "Will overseas buyers continue purchasing garments from Cambodia after 31 December?", Phnom Penh, 3 December 2004 (English )
• Labor standards& the Apparel Sector: Building on competitive advantage through CSR (English ) (Khmer )
• Aide-memoire, "Labor standards monitoring, reporting and remediation in the Cambodian garment sector: Current status, desired end state, and recommendations" (English ) (Khmer )

• Corporate Responsibility and the Tourism Sector in Cambodia (English )
• Cambodia - Corporate Social Responsibility in the Apparel Sector and Potential Implications for Other Industry Sectors (English ) (Executive summary in Khmer )
  

El Salvador

Date:
October 2002 to November 2003

Sector:
General

CSR Issue:
Education

Technical Assistance Papers and Related Reports:

• Overview of CSR Practice's Report – “The World Bank Group's CSR Practice's Technical Assistance to Business and Education in El Salvador” ( 337 KB)
• Country paper – “Ministry of Education Framework for CSR National Action Plan” (English 732 KB) ; (Spanish 749 KB )
• Report based on the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Conference, “Closing the Gap on Education, Technology and Productivity in El Salvador”, Porto, Santiago, 2003 (English 295 KB) ; (Spanish 294 KB)
• Final Report (English (PDF 453 KB)) ; (Spanish 443 KB)

Presentations from the International Conference on Public Sector CSR (8-9 October 2003):

• H.E. Rolando Marín, Minister of Education, El Salvador ( 1.57 MB)
• Roberto H. Murray Meza, President, Agrisal Corporación Constancia and President FUNDEMAS ( 762 KB)
• Fernando Bogantes, Director of Technical Secondary Education and Training, Ministry of Education, Costa Rica ( 354 KB)
  
  

Philippines

Date:
October 2002 to November 2003

Sector:
Mining

CSR Issue:
Social and environmental best practice

Technical Assistance Papers and Related Reports:

• Overview of Technical Assistance (PDF 243 KB)
• Diagnostic Study of CSR Activities of Large Scale Mining Companies in the Philippines and the Respective Public Sector Roles that Strengthen CSR Diagnostic ( 295 KB)
• Case Studies of CSR Best Practices in Philippine Mining Companies ( 1.05 MB)
• Stakeholder training materials for key mining regions
• Final Philippine / mining sector CSR Report ( 506 KB)
  • Annex A ( 1.61 MB)
  • Annex B ( 315 KB)
  • Annex C ( 158 KB)
  • Annex D ( 166 KB)
    
    

Presentations from the International Conference on Public Sector CSR (8-9 October 2003):

• Colin Legarde Hubo, Faculty, University of Asia and the Pacific ( 1.64 MB)
• Raul Angeles, Director, Industry Planning Department, Board of Investments, Department of Trade and Industry ( 935 KB)
• Edwin G. Domingo, Assistant Director, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources ( 233 KB )
• Father Pedro Walpole, Executive Director, Environmental Science for Social Change Inc. ( 2.70 MB)
  
  

Russia

Date:
In progress

Sector:
Forestry

CSR Issue:
Forestry certification

Technical Assistance Reports and Presentations:

• FIAS assistance to support a market-based CSR approach in Russia; Project proposal info.

Vietnam

Date:
October 2002 to November 2003

Sector:
Athletic Footwear

CSR Issue:
Labor practice

Technical Assistance Papers and Related Reports:

• Overview of CSR Program of Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA), and Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA) ( 147 KB)
• ”Responsibility Breeds Success”, Development Outreach, World Bank Institute, March 2003
• Final Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs CSR Report ( 1.19 MB)
• Final World Bank Group CSR Report (English 790 KB)

Presentations from the International Conference on Public Sector CSR (8-9 October 2003):

• Nguyen Huu Dzung, Director of Institute of Labour Sciences and Social Affairs ( 237 KB)
• Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy Director, Department of International Relations, Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs ( 101 KB)
• Tran Ngoc Luan, Vice Director, Human Rights Department, ThaiBinh Ltd. Shoe Company ( 1.33 MB)
• H.E. Sok Siphana, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia