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  Human rights and democratic development in Africa: policy considerations for Africa's development in the new millennium

  Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2002

  This paper argues that Nepad fails to adequately define democracy or to examine the relationship between development, peace, democracy and the realisation of human rights.
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  Unequal harvest: farmers' voices on international trade and the right to food

  Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2001

  This paper illustrates a sample of the day-to-day food-security challenges for agricultural workers in the face of liberalised trade policies.
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  Globalisation and children’s rights: what role for the private sector?

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  This report looks at two aspects of economic globalisation and how they impact on children's rights: foreign private sector investment and the privatisation of basic services.The two major concerns of the authors are that:the investment liberalisation agreements of the WTO are targeting the removal of government entry criteria for foreign investment that ensure such investment benefits
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  The viability and sustainability of international tourism in developing countries

  World Trade Organization, 2001

  This paper focuses on the economic viability and sustainability of tourism in developing countries paying particular attention to the industry's uneven distribution of benefits.Part I presents an overview of the most important trends and features of international tourism and the most influential factors affecting the performance, efficiency and sustainability of tourism transactions in developi
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  Assistance to the transition economies: were there alternatives? 

  William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, 2002

  This paper provides an assessment of the policies that were followed within the transition economies and a discussion about the extent to which there were known alternatives that could have resulted in superior outcomes in terms of:GDP growth and other principal performance indicatorsbuilding honest and competent institutions creating a more transparent and less corrupt system of c
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  Small firm competitiveness in a trade liberalized world: lessons for Tamil Nadu

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002

  This paper argues that the path to growth for small firms in a trade liberalised world lies in their ability to learn how to upgrade their production capacities and access new and complex markets.
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  Disintegration and the proliferation of sovereigns: are there lessons for integration?

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002

  This paper examines the pattern of of expanding numbers of sovereign states and postulates a theoretical framework that establishes that sovereignty may increase or decrease steady state income.
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  Feasible globalizations

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002

  This essay conveys two core ideas. Firstly, there are inherent limitations as to how far global economic integration can be pushed. Secondly, within the array of feasible globalisations, there are many different models to choose from.
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  Preliminary assessment of the environmental and social effects of trade in tourism

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2001

  Little is known about the environmental and social effects of liberalising services. Given the pace of globalisation and the growing importance of services trade, there is a case to be made for developing a better understanding of how further liberalisation of service-related activities could impact the environment and social well-being in countries engaged in that trade.
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  HIV/AIDS and Globalization: what is the epidemic telling us about economics, morality and pragmatism?

  Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2002

  There is a debate as to the meaning and effects of “globalization” as well as about whether it is “new” and, if so, in what ways. This paper briefly examines: the history of disease in relation to globalizationthe meanings and importance of “globalization”where and how the HIV/AIDS epidemic fits into the picturesome of the theoretical and ideological implications.

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