Saner, R. ; Yiu, L., “Developing Sustainable Trans-border Regions: The Need for Business Diplomats, Entrepreneurial Politicians and Cultural Ambassadors”, in Trappe, P. Social Strategies: Monographs on Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 30, pp 2000.
publication_autor: Lichia Yiu
Enable Agripreneurhip of Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries
Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu
(Summary of the Research Study Report, “Closing policy gaps to enable agripreneurship of smallholder farmers in developing countries”, 2023, Saner & Yiu with Roberts, part of the Working Paper series on Development Policies, FERDI, Paris.
Forced Labor of Migrant Workers on Fishing Ships: Holding Management and Governments Accountable
Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu, (2021) “Forced Labor of Migrant Workers on Fishing Ships: Holding Management and Governments Accountable”, in Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, A. Farazmand (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4347-1
This article focuses on a very problematic aspect of migration, namely, forced labor of migrants held captive on fishing ships which is a well- known violation of human and labor rights, but despite efforts made by human rights defenders and international organizations, the abusive and sometimes violent treatment of migrant-fishermen continues.
Agricultural Commodities of Ethiopia, Madagascar and Tanzania
Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
Working Paper 280, December 2020, Paris
Authors: Raymond Saner, Magdi Farahat, Luca Chiarato and Lichia Yiu
he authors assess to what extent the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) provides assistance to LDCs through its “Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS)” towards more effective trade and development policies. The DTISs raison d’être is to improve LDC’s trade capabilities and – thence – reduce their levels of poverty. A key feature of LDCs economies are their agricultural commodities. DTIS are intended to guide LDCs in increasing the quantity, quality and value-addition of exports of agricultural commodities; creating jobs and increase welfare. Thus, better understanding how products best fit into the global supply and global value chains (GSC/GVC) becomes critical. Our analysis shows that the new guidelines for the DTISs of 2018 do not sufficiently address the Global/Regional Supply and Value Chains.
Article“Role of Business Diplomacy Where Economic Diplomacy Stops –A Critical Reflection of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa”
Historically, China had prior experience in interacting with Africa. In the first half of 15th Century, Admiral Zhen reached Madagascar already with his fleet of “treasure boats”. Traders from the neighboring countries and dominions joint the fleet in order to benefit from the trading opportunities. This was the first official trade mission by the Chinese Ming Emperor. Such missions continued for more than 15 years and came to a halt. The Belt and Road Initiative is a systematic effort of the Chinese government to foster a stronger economic and political link with its neighbours in the Southeast Asia and beyond reaching the shore of Africa once again. In the geopolitical context of the post cold war period and the accelerated economic and technological catching up by China, such a concerted effort like BRI is causing concerns and anxieties in many quarters. Wherever there is a Chinese international trade policy, Chinese companies follow. Interactions with the host countries, either the community or the labour force or suppliers, is achieving mixed results.
In addition to criticizing China’s policy as being exploitative, there have also been kidnapping of Chinese workers and security problems causing loss of lives of Chinese workers. This presentation narrates the experience of Chinese companies going abroad by using the typology of Bartlett and Ghoshal and suggests that business diplomacy capability is critical for the Chinese corporation in managing its host countries business and non-business relationship. Through the successful economic diplomacy of the Chinese government, Chinese companies enjoy privileged access to local markets in Africa. However, to sustain their business engagements in Africa continent, Chinese companies will have to be more embed in the local community as good corporate citizens and contribute to the local development and prosperity. Business diplomacy could complement the government’s economic and commercial diplomacy and make BRI a mutually beneficial success.
Living Wage and Sustainable Development Goal # 8
University of Basel; CSEND, Geneva
Paper and Presentation given during the 6th Conference of “Regulating for Decent Work” (RDW) on Living Wages and the Sustainable Development Goals: Workers’ Well-being in the Context of Employment and Costs of Living
ILO, Geneva, July 2019
The 2030 Agenda focuses on employment and decent work for all. SDG 8 was listed as one of the thematic topics of the 2019 High Level Political Forum in July 2019 in New York. All member countries of the United Nations were invited to present their implementation of the SDGs in general and of SDG 8 in particular. This paper and this presentation proposed to shed light on SDG 8 and how this goal relates to Living Wage.
The ILO is the custodian in charge of developing indicators for the employment related targets. However, the indicators developed so far are not strong yet (Tier II quality) and the concept and policy of Living wage is not yet adequately developed to fit the HLPF event. This panel discussed the implications of including Living Wage into SDG 8 and how countries and the ILO can successfully manage such integration.
Private military and security companies: legal and political ambiguities impacting the global governance of warfare in public arenas
The current regulatory environment of significance to the PMSC industry is ambiguous as a result of porous legal boundaries and incongruent policies due to competing political and judicial systems: national, regional, and international. Accordingly, it is essential to consider how ambiguities could be reduced and turned into legal certainty through both hard and soft law to prevent human rights abuses.
“The 2030 Agenda compared with six related international agreements: valuable resources for SDG implementation”
A recurrent problem in international organizations is the disappearance of institutional history and knowledge. The same can be said about international agreements unless the same key drafters/negotiators are involved in subsequent agreements which is rarely the case. This study provides an example how institutional memory embedded in international agreements can be preserved for the benefit of the next generation of policy negotiators. Hence, as a contribution to the broader reflection on how to align National Sustainable Development Plans with the implementation plan of 2030 Agenda, the purpose of the study is to present a comparative analysis of the 2030 Agenda with 6 outcome documents that were negotiated and agreed by the UN member countries in the domain of sustainability. This analysis aims to identify issues not covered or “unfinished business” in the 2030 Agenda and addressed in a more comprehensive manner or from different perspectives. The list of agreements and outcome documents included are Agenda 21, Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, Outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, The Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development.
“The 2030 Agenda compared with six related international agreements: valuable resources for SDG implementation”; Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu and Christian Kingombe
“Business Diplomacy in Implementing the Global 2030 Development Agenda: Core Competencies needed at the at the Corporate and Managerial Level
Faced with global concerns about increasing vulnerability of the global system and its sustainability, private companies are asked and encouraged to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through multi-sectoral partnerships. Implementing the SDGs will require coordinated and collective efforts by all stakeholders to move the world forward towards a shared vision as set out in the SDG goals and targets. Business diplomats representing the interests of enterprises are crucial to ensure a mutually beneficial participation of business in the implementation of the SDGs. Propositions are made in this chapter to outline the requisite competencies needed to implement business diplomacy both at the organisational and managerial levels in the context of SDGs implementation.
The measuring and monitoring of human trafficking
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the difficulty of measuring and monitoring of human trafficking within the context of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The challenges that come with monitoring an invisible crime such as human trafficking within the SDG context are due to the fact that the indicators pertaining to human trafficking fall into the category of “difficult to define and collect” type of data. This paper sheds light on these measuring difficulties and makes recommendations how to overcome them.