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  Making a killing or making a living? Wildlife trade, trade controls and rural livelihoods

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Many rural households in developing countries depend heavily on wild resources, for both subsistence use and income generation through trade. However, there are many regulations – enshrined in national legislation and international agreements – which restrict trade in certain wildlife species both within and across national boundaries.
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  Economic Report on Africa 2002: tracking performance and progress

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2002

  How did Africa’s economy perform in the global economic downturn of 2001?
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  Globalization and institution building

  Thailand Development Research Institute, 2000

  This paper discusses institution building and the challenges of globalization in the post-crisis scenario in East Asia.The paper notes: Challenges of globalization have to be met in the context of rapid changes in socio-economic structures and traditional governance structures. Emphasis is placed on the multi-dimensional aspects of globalisation and governance There is a need to
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  Globalization in history: a geographical perspective

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2001

  This paper argues that a geographical perspective is fundamental to understanding comparative economic development in the context of globalization.Central to this view is the role of agglomeration in productivity performance; size and location matter.
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  Financial systems, economic growth, and globalization

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2001

  This paper brings together two strands of the economic literature -- that on the finance-growth nexus and that on capital market integration -- and explores key issues surrounding each strand through institutional and country histories and formal quantitative analysis.It begins with studies of the Dutch Republic, England, the U.S., France, Germany and Japan that span three centuries, detailing
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  Trade, growth, and poverty

  Economic Growth Project, World Bank, 2001

  Looks at the effect of globalization on inequality and poverty. The authors identify a group of developing countries that are participating more in globalization. These "globalizers" include China, India, and several other large countries, so well over half of the population of the developing world lives in these globalizing economies.
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  China in the international segmentation of production processes

  Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, 2002

  The paper analyses China’s rise in international trade in the context of globalisation, in the sense of the reorganisation of production on a worldwide basis. Production processes have become internationally fragmented, as firms located in different countries take part in the production of a commodity but at different stages of the value-added chain.
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  Globalisation: the argument of our time

  OpenDemocracy, 2002

  Series of short discussions between academics and campaigners on globalisation issues covering: What is globalisation?Is globalisation new?Are the protesters right?Does the WTO work?New approaches for international collaborationIs the European Union an alternativeIs global democracy possible?International law as the balance to economic globalisation
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  Surmounting the challenges of globalization

  Finance and Development, IMF, 2002

  Short, polemical statement on the actions needed on globalisation issues from senior IMF official, arguing that:besides finding solutions to problems, we need to find ways to implement them effectivelywe need to ensure that measures are taken to meet internationally agreed targetswe need to revisit the institutions of global governance, to establish mechanisms to implement global s
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  Making globalization work for the poor

  Finance and Development, IMF, 2002

  Argues that globalisation is not necessarily good for the poor. Within many developing countries, globalization is exacerbating inequalities at various levels. Income gaps based on access to markets, productive assets, and education are widening, acting as a brake on poverty-reduction efforts.

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