Social protection
- What can we do about pensions?
- M. Townson / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2009
- This paper sets out some of the problems with Canada's pension system and outlines some of the options that have been proposed to deal with them. ...
- Trade Balances and Jobs: Canada, the US and China
- E. Weir, / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2007
- This note examines the effect of trade balances on North American jobs. It argues that the conventional wisdom that Canada’s trade surplus with the US has transferred jobs from Americans to Cana...
- The GATS, South African local governments and water services
- S. Sinclair / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2005
- This briefing paper provides background information on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) agreement. In particular, it explores key implications of increased GATS coverage for essential...
- Crunch time in Geneva: benchmarks, plurilaterals, domestic regulation and other pressure tactics in the GATS negotiations
- S. Sinclair / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2006
- This paper provides a critical analysis of the Doha round negotiations. In particular, the paper examines the pressure tactics of the GATS proponents. The author asserts that while there is much med...
- Impoverishing a continent: the World Bank and the IMF in Africa
- A. Ismi / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004
- This paper critically assess IMF and World Bank policies of the last decades. In doing so the paper highlights the dominance of the U.S. within the IMF and World Bank. The main focus of the assessment...
- Competition policy in the WTO and FTAA: a trojan horse for international trade negotiations
- M. Lee; C. Morand / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2003
- At first glace, competition policy appears to be a contribution to good governance, reigning in abuses of market power. However, the paper argues that the push for competition policy as part of intern...
- When worlds collide: implications of international trade and investment agreements for non-profit social services
- A. Jackson; M. Sanger / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2003
- The importance of a strong voluntary sector for social inclusion and cohesion and for the delivery of high quality, responsive social services is widely recognized in public policy discourse. This pap...
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