Developing Freedom

This report was written over eighteen months (2019-2020), drawing on research undertaken by a team operating out of and managed by the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR). It attempts to answer the deceptively simple question: How can fighting slavery contribute to sustainable development? It offers a reset, or a reframing, of answers to that question, and seeks to provide a conceptual and programming approach to underpin more effective development sector engagement with the anti-slavery agenda.

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Author and Contributors

Professor James Cockayne

Lead Author

Professor James Cockayne was a consulting non-resident Senior Fellow to United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)’s Modern Slavery Programme and previously served as Head of Secretariat for the Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST). Dr Cockayne is currently Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery at the University of Nottingham.

Contributing Researchers

Data Analysis and Literature Reviews: United Nations University Centre for Policy Research: Otilia Enica, Dr Kelly Gleason, Nesrien Hamid, Angharad Smith; University of Nottingham Rights Lab: Dr Katarina Schwarz, Dr Deanna Davy, Dr Daniel Ogunniyi, Dr Hannah Jeffery; Dr CAF Dowlah

Cattle – Angharad Smith

Palm Oil – The Purpose Business: Patricia Dwyer, Rebecca Walker Chan, Thomas Tang and Mabi David

Cotton – Angharad Smith

Fisheries – University of Nottingham Rights Lab: Dr Jessica Sparks and Dr Bethany Jackson

Garment and Apparel – Partnership for International Development: Anna Bryher, Jim Cranshaw, Frances Hill

Construction and Infrastructure – Nesrien Hamid

Donor

This publication was made possible through the funding provided by UK aid from the UK Government, under the terms of HQS/FGBR/ME0034.2018 DFID. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the UK government or its official policies.

Acknowledgments

Additional thanks to: Marielle Ali, Prof Kevin Bales, Ginny Baumann, Bonnie Berry, Phoebe Blagg, André Campos, Rachel Davis, Anthony Dursi, Alice Eckstein, Dr Caroline Emberson, Morgan Flynn, Will Gargent, Marcel Gomes, Nick Grono, Gabriela Helm, Alistair Kelsey, Martin Kinuthia, Prof Todd Landman, Dr Sabina Lawreniuk, Sorcha Lowry, Jakesh Mahey, Christina McElwaine, Lucy McQueen, Julie Oppermann, Dr David Passarelli, Sandip Rama, Marília Ramos, James Roscoe, Leonardo Sakamoto, Dr Alexander Trautrims, Prof Zoe Trodd, Dan Vexler and Raakhi Williams.