Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Karen Ballentine & Heiko Nitzschke -- Natural resources and armed conflicts : issues and options / Macartan Humphreys -- What lessons from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme? / Ian Smillie -- Tracking conflict commodities and financing / Jonathan M. Winer -- Lessons from the UN's counterterrorism efforts / Sue E. Eckert -- Combating organized crime in armed conflict / Phil Williams and John T. Picarelli -- Protecting livelihoods in violent economies / Stephen Jackson -- Assessing company behavior in conflict environments / Luc Zandvliet -- Private financial actors and corporate responsibility in conflict zones / Mark Mansley -- Export credit agencies and corporate conduct in conflict zones / Nicholas Hildyard -- Revenue transparency and the Publish What You Pay Campaign / Gavin Hayman and Corene Crossin -- Development assistance, conditionality, and war economies / James K. Boyce -- Regulating business in conflict zones : challenges and options / Leiv Lunde and Mark Taylor -- Conflict management and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises / Patricia Feeney and Tom Kenny -- Improving sanctions through legal means? / Pierre Kopp -- Corporate accountability Under the U.S. Alien Tort Claims Act / Paul L. Hoffman -- War economies, economic actors, and international criminal law / William A. Schabas -- Peace before profit: the challenges of governance / Karen Ballentine and Heiko Nitzschke.