- Bangladesh as a global jute exporter
- M. Rahman; N. Khaled / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- This paper presents a scenario of the potentialities of Bangladeshi Jute in the global export market and focuses on the facts liable for undermining the prospects. The study was carried out by the Centre for Policy Dialogu...
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Multidisciplinary research institute on development economics
- Long term declining trend of profitability has deepened due to undirected and partial deregulations
- M. Hossain; F. Rafiq / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- This paper analyses the behaviour of the Japanese banks at the outset of the asset price bubble in the late 1980s. The paper argues that with the advent of financial deregulations, the declining trend of profitability forced the banks...
- Factors increasing child labour in developing countries as a result of globalisation
- AgEcon Search, 2010
- Although child labour shows a decreasing trend according to world statistics, detailed regional studies show some evidence about increases in child labour participation rates with economic growth in those regions. This paper looks at&...
- Appreciating the differences between chronic and transient poverty is important for policy
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to reduce global absolute poverty by 5...
- The links between globalisation and poverty
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Globalisation is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. ‘Globaphobes’ attribute most of the ills of the world to globalisation. The anti-globalisation movement has focused attention on the extent to w...
- Women’s labour migration in the context of globalisation
- A Franck; A Spehar / Women in Development Europe, 2010
- What are the current trends in women’s migration and why are they occurring? According to this study, globalisation has led to increased international migration. However, migrants often cannot enjoy the full protection of the ri...
- In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India
- Christa Wichterich (ed) / Women in Development Europe, 2010
- How can we shape an alternative economic and gender just development process? This report is a collection of Indian voices in the form of short essays on economic alternatives for gender and social justice which challenge mainstr...
- Trade negotiations and globalisation - the experience of India - tables, charts, notes and references
- S. Roy / Eldis Document Store, 2010
- Tables notes and charts for occasional paper, "Globalisation, trade and development: India in a comparative frame", that explores the relationship between globalisation, trade negotiations and development through a comparative politic...
- Trade negotiations and globalisation - the experience of India, parts 2 and 3
- S. Roy / Eldis Document Store, 2009
- Globalisation, trade and development: India in a comparative frame: this paper is in three parts. Part 1 uncovers the historical process of trade negotiations from the inception of GATT (1947),the WTO. It argues for the critical need ...
- Trade negotiations and globalisation - the experience of India
- S. Roy / Eldis Document Store, 2009
- This paper explores the relationship between globalisation, trade negotiations and development through a comparative political economy study of India -an 'emerging giant'. The paper is in three parts. Part 1 uncovers...
- A methodology for investigating regional vulnerability to climate change in combination with other global stressors.
- K. O'Brien; R. Leichenko; U. Kelkar / Department of Geography, Rutgers University, 2004
- There is growing recognition in the human dimensions research community that climate change impact studies must take into account the effects of other ongoing global changes, yet there has been no systematic methodology to study clima...
- Collective action would result in more balanced global growth and mitigated risk for the G20
- International Monetary Fund, 2010
- This report provides analysis of alternative policy scenarios to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth based on G-20 frameworks submitted for the Mutual Assessment Process. The paper illustrates two alternative scenarios&mda...
- Examining reflexive modernity through a study of two Nordic fisheries
- G. Hovgaard / Federico Caffe Center, Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, 2000
- This thesis deals with coping with the structural pressures of globalization. It attempts to analyse the impact of globalisation in two fisheries dependent localities in the Nordic Atlantic periphery. The aim of this manoeuvre is to c...
- Global security and economy: what are the significant emerging issues?
- Strategic Foresight Group, 2008
- This executive summary seeks to identify emerging issues that will have an impact on global security and economy during the next decade. The authors assert that as global issues are interlinked a major development with respect to one ...
- Changes in gender and generational relations: provoking anxiety about social status and material security
- S.C. White / International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2009
- This paper reflects on how people talk about religion and the family to explore the apparent paradox of a contemporary Bangladesh that is both “more modern” and “more Islamic”. The paper sheds light on the ways...
- Is there potential for democratic processes to influence discourses within religious communities?
- G. Mahajan; S.S. Jodhka / International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2009
- Religious identity remains the bedrock of social life and individual experience in India. Nevertheless, this paper deems that Indian democratic politics brings out new alignments, which surface repeatedly as a basis for articulating d...
- Is Chinese demand for oil undermining governance efforts in Africa?
- C. Alden; A.C. Alves / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
- China’s three decades of unbroken growth have transformed it from an economic backwater to the world’s third largest economy. This has fuelled an ever-expanding demand for energy and new markets.This paper proposes to anal...
- Benefits of Chinese impact on Latin America
- R. Jenkins / Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2009
- The perception of China in Latin America has evolved over time. In the United States some commentators have expressed concerns about the growing influence of China in the region seeing it as a threat to US hegemony. However China&rsqu...
- China a catalyst for social and economic development in Ethiopia?
- M. Thakur / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
- Although the bulk of research has focused on China’s no-strings-attached approach to doing business in Africa, few efforts have been made to understand Chinese engagement with African countries that are neither viewed as es...
- Institute for Future Studies [Sweden]
- The Institute for Future Studies is a research foundation researching and providing long -range analyses on future threats to social development and related opportunities. In addition to research activities, the Institute publishes the magazine Framtider (a few English editions) and organises seminars and other activities open to the public. The current research programme, Society and the Futu...
- Legal Support for Children and Women, Cambodia (LSCW)
- Legal support for exploited labourers, Cambodia
- Gulf Research Center, UAE (GRC)
- A private research institute promoting cooperation between Arab countries
- ESocialSciences (eSS)
- Research in Asia
- Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University
- Research institute on trafficking in persons
- Globalization - International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP)
- Globalisation review
- South Asia Citizens Web
- Website hosting documents of interest to South Asia
- Migration Information Source
- Migration information online
- Curtin University of Technology, Research Unit for the Study of Societies in Change (RUSSIC)
- RUSSIC is a multidisciplinary research and teaching unit within the Division of Humanities, Curtin University. RUSSIC examines processes of social and cultural transformation associated with global economic change to better understand the full dimensions of development and underdevelopment. The Unit, while maintaining an emphasis on development related issues, seeks to broaden its approach to th...
- Global Commission on International Migration
- Global Commission on International Migration
