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  The mother of all questions: how to reform global governance?

  OpenDemocracy, 2003

  This paper gathers some ideas together and proposes a draft general framework for reform of the United Nations.The paper argues that, in addition to the current three major objectives (peace and security; development and aid; freedom and human rights) a reformed UN may be assigned three further objectives, already within the UN domain of interest, but deserving to be institutionalised:
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  Assessing globalization's critics: talkers are no good doers?

  Institute for International Economics, USA, 2002

  This paper is about the critics of the “doers” of globalization. It describes who they are, where they came from, what they want, how economists, policymakers, and others might understand them better?
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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.
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  Migration of highly skilled persons from developing countries: impact and policy responses

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  This report of a research project, commissioned by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Department for International Development (DFID) UK, is concerned with the impact of highly skilled emigration on developing countries and the policy options of developed countries.
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  Supermarkets and farming in Latin America: pointing directions for elsewhere?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002

  This paper identifies why supermarkets have grown so rapidly in Latin America, what the impacts on producers have been, and whether the pattern might be repeated in other regions.The policy conclusions are:Supermarkets occupy roughly 60% of the national retail sectors in Latin America, and around half this level of fresh fruit and vegetable productsFactors underpinning their growth
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  African civil society: coming to terms with globalisation

  Foreign Policy Centre, London, 2003

  This essay argues that NGOs in Africa are blossoming in terms of numbers but this is failing to translate into concerted activities with civil society.
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  Manual for value chain research on homeworkers in the garment industry

  Gapresearch.org, IDS, 2002

  Throughout the world, workers and their organisations are often unaware of the distant forces that control their livelihoods. The links between local producers and the global buyers are difficult and complex to uncover.
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  Poverty reduction, equity and climate change: challenges for global governance

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper first focuses on the poverty and sustainable development issues of climate change, considering the potential and limitations of win-win poverty and environmental options. It concludes by assessing strategies for linking poverty, equity and environmental outcomes.Policy conclusions include‘Equity’ is key to future North-South cooperation in climate change ‘mitigation’.
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  The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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  The debate on globalization, poverty and inequality: why measurement matters

  World Bank Publications, 2003

  This paper provides a non-technical overview of the conceptual and methodological issues underlying the conflicting claims on just how much progress is being made against poverty and inequality in the current period of “globalization.”The paper argues that the dramatically differing positions taken in this debate often stem from differences in the concepts and definitions used and differences i

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