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  Water privatisation in Latin America, 2002

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002

  This report sets out the main developments and current situation in respect of water privatisation and restructuring in Latin America as at June 2002. It assesses the multinationals active in Latin America; issues of public sector water and resistance; the Argentina crisis; conditionality problems; labour issues; and public finance. It presents developments by country in south and central America.
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  Sustainable development of the global economy: a trade union perspective

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2001

  This paper addresses the extent to which the trade union perspective on sustainable development incorporates its concerns about globalisation.It offers discussion on sustainable development as a trade union concern, decision-making in energy and transport, trade union prescriptions for sustainable energy and transport and priorities for an international approach to sustainable development.Pr
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  Workers' representation insecurity in Brazil: global forces, local stress

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2002

  This paper assesses the situation of unions in Brazil. It argues that the demise of the conditions that favoured adversarial strategies, and the emergence of favourable conditions for class compromise both at the local and national level, should arguably have been sufficient to provoke the dislocation of the centre of power from CUT unions to Força Sindical unions.
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  Developing countries: victims or participants, their changing role in international negotiations

  Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, 2003

  This paper questions how developing countries can effectively participate in international negotiations as they become an increasingly important part of the international system.The author addresses the following questions:Can developing countries participate effectively in these negotiations, and can they obtain benefits from such participation?What lessons can be learnt from past
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  Imagine there's no country: poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization

  Institute for International Economics, USA, 2002

  This book attempts to evaluate the data and draw conclusions on four related subjects: the nature and level of economic growth; the level and change in world income distribution; the level and change in absolute poverty; and the effect of globalisation on all of the above.Conclusions:poor people do much better than the average with globalisation.
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  Globalization and the challenges to health systems

  Health Affairs [Journal], 2002

  This paper discusses the possibility of using health as an instrument of foreign policy and of developing new forms of cooperation around three key elements: exchange of experiences around common problems, evidence on alternatives, and empathy.The paper argues that health can contribute to this pursuit because it involves domains that intersect all nations.
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  Trade liberalization and poverty in Nepal: an applied general equilibrium analysis

  Himalayan Institute of Development, 2002

  How has trade liberalisation affected the poor in Nepal?
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  Understanding the links: globalization, health sector reform, gender and reproductive health

  Ford Foundation, 2003

  The paper considers the relevance of globalisation for women’s reproductive health and rights in the context of health sector programs and provides a gender analysis of sector-wide programs (SWAPs) and sector reforms examining how reproductive health is defined in sector-wide programs.
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  A new understanding of culture and communication: the impact of technology on indigenous peoples: annotated bibliography

  School of Information, University of Texas, 2001

  This web page provided by the University of Texas offers an annotated bibliography of the resources on the impact of technology on indigenous peoples.
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  Stop the traffic!

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2003

  This paper discusses the current child trafficking situation in the UK, trafficking trends across different international regions and proposes necessary interventions to prevent future trafficking and to protect and rehabilitate victims of trafficking.The primary cause of child trafficking is the demand, both for cheap labour in growing economies and in the commercial sex industry.

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