, 104, 108, 116, 259

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 172

United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), 123, 129, 135, 141, 143, 147–148, 152, 308

United Nations General Assembly, 90

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 287–288, 294, 297

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), 52–53, 55–56, 79

United States, 10, 21–22, 35–36, 43, 45–46, 49, 108, 110, 124, 126, 131–132, 152, 154, 168, 183, 190, 210, 222–223, 225, 237, 240, 264–266, 273, 275, 278, 286, 290, 294, 311, 313

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 54, 119, 178, 239, 266, 288, 293

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 299

U.S. Department of Labor, 251, 257, 266

U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), 102

U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, 83

U.S. Supreme Court, 131, 180

Uzbekistan, 29, 48, 252, 290, 293

Verité, 282

Vietnam, 96, 133, 145, 168, 182, 184–185, 218, 238, 251, 263, 272, 286–288, 304

virtual communities, 215, 217–218

Visayan Forum Foundation, 279

vitamin A deficiency, 150, 163–164, 178

Wal-Mart, 21, 138, 181, 183

waste: e-waste; hazardous; toxic, 13, 125–127, 122–123, 125–126, 135, 163, 123–124, 128

water, 2, 36, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64, 73, 87–88, 93–94, 97, 99–100, 104, 124, 128, 141, 170, 177, 184, 190, 194–197, 206–208, 219, 236, 242, 271, 282, 284, 287

Water Project, 88

Weber Shandwick, 139–140

West Africa, 114, 126, 149

Western Fuels Association, 139

whitewashing, 124, 243, 245, 253, 272

Wi-Fi, 223–224, 226, 230–231

WikiLeaks, 98, 130, 287

Wikipedia, 163

wildlife. See also trafficking, wildlife, 26, 52, 55, 57, 122, 134, 145–146, 155–156, 162

Woolworths, 161

World Bank, 1–3, 8, 13, 18–19, 31–32, 37, 40, 48, 52, 57, 81–83, 85, 89, 92–93, 144, 148, 150, 156, 163, 172–174, 176, 190, 218, 259, 273, 288, 301, 303

World Bank Malaria Booster Program, 83

World Conservation Union, 145

World Cup, 13, 20, 58–59, 61–66, 68–78, 135

World Health Organization (WHO), 23, 80–87, 90–92, 108–109, 112