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  Planting the rights seed: a human rights perspective on agriculture trade and the WTO

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005

  The report critically examines the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Agriculture (AoA).
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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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  India: An integral part of new Asia

  Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University of Singapore, 2004

  As East Asian economies emerge from the shadow of the 1997 crisis, there appears to be an increasing recognition that greater economic coordination and cooperation among major Asian countries is essential to manage globalisation challenges, and to enhance Asia’s role in the world affairs.
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  The WTO in 2003: structural shifts, state-of-play and prospects for the Doha Round

  Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, 2003

  Much has changed in the transition from the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO goes deeper and wider than its predecessor the GATT, and the Doha Round of negotiations proposes to enter territories such as investment, competition and environment-related policies.
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  Swaziland: in the pursuit of economic liberalisation and growth. How is poverty reproduced at the micro-level under changing labour market regimes?

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004

  This paper addresses the question of why poverty is so pervasive in Swaziland despite substantial economic growth over the last several years. The author examines how macroeconomic developments have impacted on poverty within cross-border and domestic labour markets, and what measures can be taken to improve competitiveness in the labour market.
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  Comparing EU free trade agreements: investment

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  This paper discusses and compares a number of free trade agreements the EU holds, namely, The Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements, EU-Mexico Global Agreement and the EU-Chile Association AgreementAmong the authors findings are:All EU Free Trade Agreements stop short of including protection provisions such as expropriation and compensation clausesdisagreement between EU Membe
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  International investment perspectives

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  The articles in the report cover a wide range of investment topics, the highlights of which include:foreign direct investment (FDI) in the OCED continued to fall in 2003. This appears to be due to the sluggish macroeconomic performance of many of the larger OCED economies, not least Europe.
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  Fifty years of regional inequality in China: a journey through central planning, reform, and openness

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This study makes an attempt at understanding the driving forces behind the changes in China’s regional inequality. It constructs and analyses a long-run time-series for regional inequality in China from the Communist Revolution to the present.
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  A review of regional strategies addressing poverty

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This paper reviews the main development strategies that have been pursued in Africa since the 1970s with the aim of stirring a debate that can be helpful in the search for new opportunities for poverty reduction in the region.The paper focuses its attention on the following broad policies:Structural adjustment policies: characterised by a keen interest on the part of internationa
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  Greenwash + 10: The UN's Global Compact, corporate accountability and the Johannesburg Earth Summit

  Corporate Watch, 2002

  Looks at the relationship between the UN and corporations in the context of the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). In particular the authors focus on the Global Compact, a high profile UN initiative building corporate partnerships based on adherence to key UN principles, and the activities of the BASD, a corporate lobby group.

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