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  Globalisation and Poverty

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2007

  A non-technical summary of a book titled ‘Globalisation and Poverty’ edited by Ann Harrison. It questions whether globalisation spreads wealth. The book concludes that the poor will benefit from globalisation if the appropriate complementary policies and institutions are in place.
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  Close to slavery: guestworker programs in the United States

  Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007

  This paper discusses the exploitation faced by ‘guestworkers’ in the United States. The paper argues that the rights of guestwokers – temporary workers from largely Latin American countries, particularly Mexico - are not adequately protected.Unlike U.S.
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  Public subsidies for farmers’ hedging schemes in Mexico are unjustified

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Farmers are increasingly encouraged to manage the risks of crop price instability through a form of insurance called hedging. But few farmers choose to do so. In Mexico, public subsidies have been used to encourage producer participation in a government-backed hedging scheme. But as the benefits go mainly to richer commercial farmers, subsidies may not be justified.
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  Securing the future for water services

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Over one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, and 40 percent of the world’s population lack hygienic sanitation. In the next two decades the global supply of water available for each person is expected to fall by a third. Developing countries must take action now to guarantee water security.
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  Enhancing development through knowledge circulation: a different view of the migration of highly skilled Mexicans

  Global Commission on International Migration, 2005

  Using the Mexican community in Switzerland as a case study, this paper argues that highly skilled migrants have a potential to act as agents of development. In spite of potential threats of brain drain, highly skilled emigrants can help improve the quality of life of those who remain in the countries of origin.
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  No change, despite the ‘Indigenous People’s Decade’

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Indigenous peoples represent ten percent of Latin America’s population. Despite increased political influence over the last decade, indigenous groups have seen few economic or social improvements. They continue to suffer higher rates of poverty, lower educational levels and more disease and discrimination than non-indigenous peoples. They are the region’s largest disadvantaged group.
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  Globalization, informal recycling and the MDGs on the U.S.-Mexico border: the cartoneros of Los Dos Laredos

  Global Development Network, 2005

  In developing countries, scavenging is perceived as an occupation operating on the margins of the society. Yet, scavengers can be part of the solution to the insufficient collection and inappropriate disposal of solid wastes. This paper analyses the scavenging population involved in the informal recovery of cardboard in Laredo, a Mexican city located along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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  International migration, remittances and the brain drain

  World Bank Publications, 2005

  This study examines the economic effects of migration, especially its impact on economic development. A compilation of articles are structured into two parts in the volume.
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  Trade liberalisation, export orientation and employment in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2005

  This study describes the trade liberalisation process as well as the general patterns of trade and export performance of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and attempts to assess sectoral labour market impacts.
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  Migration and inequality

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper focuses on case studies across Central America, Eastern Europe, West Africa and South Asia and demonstrates how the mutual causality between migration and inequality varies both between and within regions.

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