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  China challenges the Tigers: regional implications of China’s manufactured exports boom

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  China’s manufactured exports have grown so strongly in recent years that its neighbours are seriously worried about the effect on their own export sectors. Are such fears justified, and what are the prospects for the region’s economic tigers – Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand?
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  Separating fact from fiction –GM crops in developing countries

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Genetically modified crops have stimulated many debates in recent years and few subjects have divided opinions so greatly. Improvements in crop technology could benefit developing countries greatly, in terms of increased food production and income, but it is in these countries where opposition is strongest. With so many different opinions, how can people decide what information is reliable?
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  Wasteland auctions in rural China

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Similar to many developing countries, Chinese provinces have large areas that are considered ‘marginal’, with limited potential for agriculture. Finding uses for these areas is an important aspect of rural development. One solution policy-makers have experimented with is transferring use rights through an auction system.
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  Moving out of poverty - resettlement schemes in China

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Resettlement is often been seen as a solution to poverty in China. Schemes to move people have often been unpopular and used force to move people. Ultimately, they have not very successful. Despite this, government-directed resettlement is still used as an important tool to reduce poverty.
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  Looking for a quick fix: how weak social auditing is keeping workers in sweatshops

  Clean Clothes Campaign, 2005

  This report argues that social audits as they are currently carried out often fail to deliver as a tool for checking working conditions in facilities producing garments and sports shoes.
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  Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment

  World Health Organization, 2005

  In this report, the World Health Organization (WHO) presents data which shows that 80 per cent of the 35 million premature deaths from chronic diseases (including heart disease, stroke and cancer) during 2005 will occur in low and middle income countries. Projected figures also suggest that the number of deaths from chronic disease is growing, with men and women equally affected.
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  The impact of transition to the market economy on welfare changes: lessons from the experience of Asian transitional economies

  Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2001

  This paper, published in China and the World Economy, explores the economic and social changes that occurred during the transition to a market economy in the countries of east and central Asia.
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  The impact of mungbean research in China

  World Vegetable Center, Taiwan, 2003

  Mungbean has been an important legume crop in China for centuries. However, production declined during the 1960s due to the agricultural policies of the Chinese government which placed higher priority on other grains. During the 1980s, mungbean production levels gradually recovered in large part due to the development of improved varieties by Chinese researchers working with AVRDC.
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  A choice for China: ending the destruction of Burma’s northern frontier forests

  Global Witness, 2005

  This report argues for an end to unsustainable and destructive illegal logging in Burma’s north forests. Whilst the logging itself is mostly managed by relevant authorities in Burma, much of the timber is exported illegally to China.
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  A stitch in time: helping vulnerable countries meet the challenges of apparel quota elimination

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005

  Following the elimination of export quotas textiles and apparel industries and the anticipated rise of other larger industrialised developing countries like China at the expense of smaller, less industrialised developing countries, the paper explores policy responses that could mitigate the negative effect of the quota elimination on less industrialised developing countries.The paper points out

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