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    A changing EU: what are the development implications?

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    In the light of important changes in the EU’s internal and external environment throughout the year 2004, the paper assesses the possible implications of such changes for the EU’s development policy.The changes in the EU’s internal and external environment include:a new political leadership, including Parliament elections, a new College of Commissioners and an expanded Council after the
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    The trade, debt and finance nexus: at the cross-roads of micro- and macroeconomics

    World Trade Organization, 2004
    This paper seeks to provide some clarification of the complex relationship between trade, debt and finance, and how the WTO is part of a national and international effort to address some of the challenges raised by these relationships.The paper finds that there are a few areas of concern that should be addressed to the WTO:trade liberalisation as a source of growthfurther examinatio
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    Trade, development and the WTO: an action agenda beyond the Cancún Ministerial

    Millennium Project, 2004
    This Interim Report is a preliminary output of the Millennium Project Task Force 9 on open, rule-based Trading Systems.
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    HIV/AIDS and Australia’s international approach: aid, trade and the Global Fund

    AID/WATCH, 2004
    This short paper outlines these areas of Australia’s international involvement in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: competition policy and state aid

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    The aim of this short paper is to provide a an overview of competition policy and state aid provisions, of the various trade agreements (FTAs) recently concluded by the European Union with developing countries.All recent bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) concluded by the European Union (EU) have included provisions on competition issues, albeit to very different degrees of detail.
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    Political conditions in the Cotonou Agreement: economic and legal implications

    Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2004
    The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have been entering into trade agreements with the European Union (EU) since the first Lomé Convention of 1975. The first Lomé Convention was replaced by a series of subsequent Lomé Conventions and then by the Cotonou Agreement of 2000 (Cotonou).
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    Poor performers in Sub-Saharan Africa: exclusion or integration?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2004
    Political events since 9/11 have brought renewed focus onto ‘poor performing’ countries, owing to the real or perceived threat that some of these countries are directly responsible for supporting/harbouring/arming terrorist networks.
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    How did David prepare to talk to Goliath? South Africa's experience of trade negotiations with the EU

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    This paper analyses the experience of South Africa in pursuing a development-focused trade strategy, and successfully mobilising its limited capacity to conduct negotiations on a free trade agreement with the EU. The paper argues that lessons from this experience are useful to many developing countries who struggle to negotiate development-friendly trade regimes.
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    Dumping on the world: how EU sugar policies hurt poor countries

    Oxfam, 2004
    This paper details the issues surrounding the European Union’s policy with regards to the sugar market, discussing the implications for development countries.Highlights of the paper include:European Union sugar policies hamper global efforts to reduce povertyexport subsidies are used to dump five million tonnes of surplus sugar annually on world markets, destroying opportunities for
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    International development frameworks, policies, priorities and implications: a basic guide for NGOs

    Oxfam, 2003
    This manual is designed to help development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to better understand the major influences shaping international development aid.

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