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  Does globalization increase child labour?: evidence from Vietnam

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2002

  This paper considers the impact of liberalized trade policy on child labour in Vietnam.
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  Globalization and the future of ageing: economic, social and policy implications

  Valencia Forum on Research and Ageing, 2002

  This paper reviews the challenge for an ageing society created by the rise of globalisation, as ageing can no longer be viewed as a ‘national’ problem or issue but one that affects transnational agencies and communities It focuses upon the new policy discourse associated with global ageing, and the implications this carries for social theory on the one hand and social policy on the other.Point
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  Globalization and employment: the impact of trade on employment level and structure in the Philippines

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002

  This paper presents empirical estimates of the impact of globalization on employment level and structure using Philippine data.The paper asks whether an increase in economic openness, e.g. a shift toward export manufacturing, increases or decreases labour demand.
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  Can we discern the effect of globalization on income distribution?: evidence from household surveys

  World Bank, 2003

  The effects of globalization on income distribution within rich and poor countries are a matter of controversy.
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  Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2002

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2002

  This edition of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific reviews the efforts in the region to cope with the slowdown and the dislocations experienced during 2000-2001 and as a result of the 11th September terrorist attacks.The report provides overviews of:global and regional economic developments and the implications and prospects for the ESCAP regionmacroeconomic perf
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  The great EU sugar scam: how Europe's sugar regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world

  Oxfam, 2002

  Under the common agricultural policy (CAP), the EU has emerged as the world's largest exporter of white sugar. Subsidies and tariffs generate vast profits for big sugar processors and large farmers whilst vast surpluses are dumped on world markets.This briefing paper highlights that the EU's sugar regime is in opposition to the theory of comparative advantage.
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  Harnessing globalisation for children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  This report assesses the impact of the latest wave of globalisation on children.
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  Reforming global trade in agriculture: a developing-country perspective

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002

  This paper recommends changes to the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture (AOA).
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  Death on the doorstep of the summit

  Oxfam, 2002

  The food crisis has many causes but the most significant according to this report, is the failure of agricultural policies.The paper asks why, after years of World Bank and IMF designed agricultural sector reforms, do Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique face chronic food insecurity.
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  Agricultural commercialization, rural economy and household livlihoods 1990-1997 [ in Malawi]

  Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999

  This paper details the processes of agricultural commercialisation, income strategies and food security among smallholder families in the Zomba district of Southern Malawi over a period between 1986 and 1997.

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