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  The threat to international business of the spread of environmental trade sanctions

  APEC Study Centre, 2002

  The author of this paper argues that the agreement at Doha to continue to build global economic interdependence is a re-affirmation by the nations of the civilized world of their intention to continue to cooperate for the common good of all.
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  Slouching towards decentralization: consequences of globalization for curricular control in national education systems

  Comparative and International Education Society, 2002

  This article presents an analysis of how globalisation has influenced the spread of reforms for decentralising school governance and the consequences these reforms have had on models of curricular administration and implementation in classrooms across nations.Both economic and institutional globalisation have sustained interest in the decentralisation of educational governance, and this is shap
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  Opportunities and risks for the poor in developing countries

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002

  The authors of this paper argue that the forces of globalization ought to influence and contribute towards positive health outcomes for the poor in developing countries.
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  Indigenous Knowledges: opportunities and challenges

  Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, World Bank, 2001

  This paper introduces indigenous knowledge (IK) as a significant resource which could contribute to the increased efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the development process. IK is defined as the basis for community-level decision making in areas pertaining to food security, human and animal health, education, natural resource management and other vital economic and social activities.
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  Governance and food security in an age of globalization

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  The need to globalize institutions of governance has become obvious in some policy areas, such as international money and finance, climate change, and even public health.
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  Globalization and inequality: evidence from within China

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2001

  This paper provides a case study of the impact of globalisation on rural/urban income inequality using data across Chinese regions. Whilst the majority of studies on openness and economic inequality have used cross-country regressions, the authors argue that pooling such data neglects the inconsistencies across regions including income inequality measurements and data collection.
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  The two faces of globalization: against globalization as we know it

  World Bank, 2002

  The paper from World Bank development economist, Branko critically examines the ‘dominant’ view of globalisation as a benign force in which increased openness equates directly with increased growth and poverty reduction.According to Milanovic history suggests that the multi-faceted nature of globalisation means that while it may present a benign appearance to people in wealthier countries the r
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  The impact of China's accession to WTO on the exports of developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002

  This paper analyses the vulnerability of selected developing countries of China’s its entry to the WTO.General findings: In labour-intensive manufactured goods, China competes mainly with South Asian countries and a few Latin American and African countries Some Latin American and African countries may benefit from the expansion of China’s imports of foods and agricultural raw
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  September 11, one year later: a world of change

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002

  This special edition policy brief takes a look at the immediate effects that 9/11 has had on the economy, globalization, the U.S. relationship with Russia, China, Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It also considers how key policy choices will dictate the significance of 9/11.
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  Remittances and other financial flows to developing countries

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002

  This paper examines the flows of migrants' remittances in relation to other financial flows to developing countries. Since remittances by unofficial channels by all estimates are significant, the remittance amounts reported here are quite conservative. Official estimates of migrants’ remittances are in the order of US$ 100 billion annually, some 60 percent of which go to developing countries.

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