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  NGOs, gender mainstreaming and urban poor communities in Mumbai

  Oxfam, 2005

  This article argues that NGOs working at the community level can play an important role in supporting women to challenge customs and beliefs which perpetuate unequal gender relations.
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  Civil society and the OECD

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  This Policy Briefing describes some of the many channels of communication that are open for productive dialogue between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and civil society, particularly around the topic of globalisation.
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  Mobilising political will

  Helsinki Process, 2005

  This report argues that new multi-stakeholder efforts between governments, business and civil society need to be established in the current process of globalisation, to bridge the gap between the richest and poorest nations in a forum of equality and increase the role of states from the Southern hemisphere in the global economy.The Helsinki Process Report makes recommendations aimed at overcomi
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  Mozambique’s cashew industry: a better deal needed for women

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Cashew nuts are one of the world’s most valuable processed nuts. Mozambique, once the world’s largest producer, works with communities and the private sector to raise output. However, trade liberalisation, falling prices, new quality requirements and the buyer-driven nature of the cashew-nut supply chain are worsening working conditions.
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  Gender and labour market liberalisation in Africa

  African Labour Research Network, 2004

  This report examines the liberalisation of the labour market in Africa from a gender perspective. It analyses current economic and labour policies of seven African countries to see their impact on the labour force and the organised labour movement in general, and women in particular.
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  Successful employment and labour market policies in Europe and Asia and the Pacific

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  The paper reviews the employment and labour market policies of countries in Europe and in Asia that have been able to significantly improve their employment situation in the last ten years. The authors identify good practices for the benefit of policy makers in the developing world.
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  Food trade and food policy in sub-Saharan Africa: old myths and new challenges

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Patterns of agricultural trade and policy are changing rapidly. Africa is being squeezed not by formal World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations but through the rearrangement of agricultural subsidies in developed countries, changes in trade preferences and Africa’s inability to participate in setting standards.
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  Global action networks: a global invention helping business make globalisation work for all

  Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2003

  This paper explores what it considers to be a new type of organisation: Global Action Networks (GANs). These networks cross important divides such as developed-developing countries, business-government-civil society, cultures and knowledge disciplines.
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  We the Peoples 2004: a call to action for the UN Millennium Declaration

  World Federation of United Nations Associations, 2004

  This report gives an overview of civil society engagement UN Millennium Declaration and its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

  Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004

  This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.

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