Finance for a better world : the shift toward sustainability /
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| Imprint: | Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. |
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| Description: | xvi, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7715971 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on the Contributors
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Microfinance and Socially Responsible Investment: Evolution and Impact on Human Rights
- 2. Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Social Responsibility
- 3. Explaining the Take-Off of Socially Responsible Investment
- 4. Socially Responsible Investment: Global Convergence or Local Divergence?
- 5. The Use of Shareholder Proposals to Address Corporate Human Rights Performance
- Part II. Adopting a Sustainable Perspective in Financial Institutions and Markets
- 6. Sustainable Banking: the Banco Real Model
- 7. Insurers' Corporate Responsibility Policies: a Response to the Industry's Bad Image?
- 8. The Relative Valuation of Socially Responsible Firms: an Exploratory Study
- 9. Building the Case for Long-Term Investing in Stock Markets: Breaking Free from the Short-Term Measurement Dilemma
- Part III. Is a Paradigm Shift Underway? Three Pioneering Reflections
- 10. Financing Agriculture in Developing Countries: Governance Models Promoting Sustainability
- 11. Innovative Investments for Sustainability: Solutions for the Twenty-First Century
- 12. Financialization: Limits and Ways Out
- 13. Conclusion: Manifesto for Finance that Serves the Common Good
- Index
