Studies the provision of development co‐operation of two UN funding agencies: UNFPA and UNICEF. Their development co‐operation is carried out in programmes that can be considered a form of international public service management. Describes the organizational set‐up and governance issues...

Compares Palestine and Cambodia with respect to the involvement of NGOs in generating sustainable development. Both countries have suffered war and both still struggle for a fragile peace; success appears to hinge on the international community’s ability to achieve economic development and real...

Quality management activities in five large Australian organisations have been monitored over a decade and present the basis for an insight into the factors which impact on the sustainability and direction of quality management over the longer term. Using a longitudinal research approach, the...

The extent to which an organisation is successful can be influenced by a number of its strategies and business initiatives. This success can be measured internally, using traditional measures such as profitability, return on net assets and cash flow. Equally, this success can also be measured in...

Purpose – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed the ISO 14000 series of standards for environmental management as a response to the concerns about sustainable development expressed at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de...

Purpose – Aims to offer a simple exploratory review of how the major retailers in the UK are tackling the issue of sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach – The top 20 retailers, based on 2002 sales figures, were selected for analysis and an internet search of their web sites,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how consumers dispose of fashion products and how it might be possible to increase sustainable consumption of textiles. Design/methodology/approach – Increasing volumes of textiles are being produced, purchased and disposed of in landfill...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an outline of, and commentary on, Retail Futures published by Forum for the Future in September 2007. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a brief description of the factors identified as being likely to drive future retail...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an outline of, and some reflections on, the review entitled Green, Healthy and Fair published by the Sustainable Development Commission in February. Design/methodology/approach – In summarising the content of the review the paper focuses...