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  The role of registers and databases in the protection of traditional knowledge: a comparative analysis

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2004

  There are various mechanisms which can be used to protect Traditional Knowledge (TK).
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  The Indian diaspora’s political efforts in the United States

  Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2004

  As the Indian diaspora has begun to assert its financial and political power in the United States since the 1990’s, the Indian government has been developing a process of granting dual-citizenship to certain persons of Indian origin.
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  Locational aspects of FDI in the post-liberalisation period: some tentative observations

  Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 1999

  Prior to 1991, India’s licensing system had been used as a major policy instrument for influencing the location of large investment projects, and sought to favour disadvantaged parts of the country.
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  Globalisation of Indian diets and the transformation of food supply systems

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper examines the change in the nature of food demand in India over the last twenty years.Highlights of the paper include:the impact of globalisation has accelerated the nature of dietary change and this has implications for food supply systemsIndia has experienced two distinct stages of diet transition in association with its economic growth during the first stage of diet
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  Tracking gender equity under economic reforms: continuity and change in South Asia

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This book develops a new framework for gender analysis by demonstrating the importance of identifying the context of such analysis, and by highlighting the necessity of differentiating ‘gender’ per se from its various ‘indicators’.
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  Labour migration in Asia: trends, challenges and policy responses in countries of origin

  International Organization for Migration, 2003

  This book explores the new patterns and trends that are emerging in labour migration in Asia, which are affected by not just the labour market, but also national and social circumstances.
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  Poverty and gender: the limits of microfinance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Credit and savings schemes are hailed as blueprints for tackling poverty but their benefits are exaggerated. They fail to address the way gender effects relations of power and inequality within families. Frequently unsustainable, they seldom manage to cover their running costs.
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  Intellectual and cultural property rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia

  Minority Rights Group International, 2003

  This report looks at efforts by the UN and governments to protect indigenous and tribal heritage from exploitation; the pressures on governments to allow exploitation of indigenous knowledge; the many initiatives taken by Asian indigenous and tribal peoples to protect their heritage; and the effects of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Trade-Related Aspects of International
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  South-South collaboration picks up steam

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  Nations such as Brazil, India, South Africa and China are increasingly acknowledging that they share not only common social and economic challenges, but also common goals in international trade negotiations.
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  Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.

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