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  Dumping on the world: how EU sugar policies hurt poor countries

  Oxfam, 2004

  This paper details the issues surrounding the European Union’s policy with regards to the sugar market, discussing the implications for development countries.Highlights of the paper include:European Union sugar policies hamper global efforts to reduce povertyexport subsidies are used to dump five million tonnes of surplus sugar annually on world markets, destroying opportunities for
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  Assuring food and nutrition security in Africa by 2020: a way forward from the 2020 Africa Conference

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This report is the draft outcome document of the Conference on Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020 held from 1-3 April 2004.
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  The environment, natural resources and HIV/AIDS

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This short report looks at impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the environment, with a focus on rural areas in Africa.
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  Sweet like chocolate?: making the coffee and cocoa trade work for biodiversity and livelihoods

  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 2003

  This paper studies the cases of cocoa and coffee to assess whether their systems of production and trade meet the needs and aspirations of poor rural populations in the developing world, and minimize environmental damage. Findings include:
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  The profits of famine: Southern Africa's long decade of hunger

  Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2002

  This article explores the causes of famine and chronic malnutrition in Southern Africa.
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  Policy (in) coherence in European Union support to developing countries: a three country case study

  ActionAid International, 2003

  What is the impact of a range of EU policies on poor people in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya? This paper examines key policy areas (including trade, aid, agricultural policies and support to Foreign Direct Investment) to assess the coherence of EU policy in supporting development.
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  Pulverising pow(d)er: the impact of incoherent European policies on dairy farmers in Tanzania and Jamaica

  Centre for International Development Issues, University of Nijmegen, 2001

  The paper examines how Europe’s common agriculture policy (CAP) is operated and influences the livelihoods of dairy farmers in Tanzania and Jamaica in order to demonstrate how European policy can hamper the development of farmers in developing countries.
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  Strengthening linkages between US trade policy and environmental capacity building

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003

  This paper examines US efforts to work with its trading partners in building their trade-related capacities for environmental protection and sustainable development.
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  Competition policy for Namibia: promoting fair competition and economic development

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2003

  Competition policy is increasingly recognized as important for improving market performance and promoting economic growth, and is one of the new issues of focus of the World Trade Organization. Reflecting these trends, Namibia is developing a national competition policy.
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  The electronic journal of governance and innovation

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This issue of eAfrica examines the critical issues and the demands for trade-offs that Africa can expect form the defenders of unfair trade at the fifth WTO Ministerial in Cancun. It outlines two aggressive tactics that Africa could use to win a better deal and how Africa needs to make fundamental changes if it is to exploit even the modest trade access it has now.

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