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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Globalisation, Trade Policy

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  Dev-Zone

  This resources aims to inform and educate New Zealanders about international development and global issues.
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  Policy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods

  Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007

  This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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  Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This collaborative research project seeks to assist indigenous and local communities I protecting their rights over traditional knowledge (TK) relating to biological resources, in accordance with their customary laws and practices. The project further aims to inform and influence policy makers at all levels.
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  African Institute for Applied Economics, Nigeria (AIAE)

  The African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE) conducts economic policy research and facilitates policy advocacy, training and networking, and consulting services.
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  South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE)

  South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE) is an NGO based in Kathmandu and operating through 11 network members from five South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Paki
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  China as a standard-setter: the examples of GM-cotton and ecological and food safety standards

  Asian Drivers Programme, Institute of Development Studies, 2006

  This paper examines the debates surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the cotton industry, and its impact on the textile market. The role of China as a pace-setter in this context is also analysed.
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  The impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the experience of Ghana

  Third World Network, 2006

  This study is part of a research project on the impact of globalisation and liberalisation on poor rural producers in developing countries. It takes as a case study the experience of Ghana and its agricultural sector.
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  WTO agreement on agriculture and its impact on employment in South Asia

  Global Development Network, 2004

  As almost all the South Asian countries posses comparative advantage in the areas of agriculture, textiles and services; policymakers of these countries expected that increased market access would allow for an open and export led development policy. This paper analyzes whether and how globalization and WTO has affected the employment scenario in South Asia.
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  NAFTA's promise and reality: lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003

  The report has two objectives: to determine how quality of life in Mexico has been affected by trade liberalisation in North America. It focuses on the microlevel of people and their communities, on changes in household income, paychecks, rural employment and agricultural production.
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  Understanding the issues: what's the matter with trade?

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2005

  This is a set of papers that address the questions: do equal rules really allow poor producers to receive a fair share of the trade wealth and does the current free trade system represent equal rules at all?

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