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The sustainable development effects of the WTO TRIPS Agreement: a focus on developing countries
A. Cosbey / Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1996
Examines the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and tries to analyse those areas in which the Agreement will impact, either positively or negatively, on sus...
Trade and Sustainable Development: the road ahead
Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1997
Analyses issues in context of the Rio agreements, arguing that achievements of these type of agreements has been poor (and characterized by asymmetrical fulfillment of commitments).Argues that thes...
Beyond Regulation: Exporters and Voluntary Environmental Measures
R. Kerr; A. Cosbey; R. Yachnin / Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1998
Until recently legislation and regulation have been the main policy tools used to achieve environmental objectives. Now, however, many organisations have begun to develop other policy tools, ...
Principles for Trade and Sustainable Development
Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1994
Series of principles, intended to guide trade and trade-related environment and development policies, practices and agreements, to help ensure that they work to achieve sustainable development. Draft...
A Framework for Assessing the Relationship between Trade Liberalization and Biodiversity Conservation
T. Conway / Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1998
Paper develops an analytical framework for assessing the effects of trade liberalization on biodiversity conservation. The framework is designed for individuals preparing or analyzing country biodiver...
After the collapse: developed countries must become re-engaged after the failed Cancun ministerial
L.E. Peterson / Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 2003
This commentary looks at the nature and potential impact of the collapse of talks at the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference, held in Cancun, Mexico, in September 2003. It states that the short-term outl...
Environment and trade: a handbook
Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 2000
This handbook focuses on how trade can affect the environment, for better and for worse, and how environmental concern can work through the trading system to foster or frustrate development, in both r...

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