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  Textile and clothing trade rules prevent poverty alleviation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Textiles and clothing exports from developing countries continue to undermine poverty alleviation despite current changes to trade rules. Since 1974, rich countries have used the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) quotas to restrict entry of these goods to their markets.
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  An environmental impact assessment of China's WTO accession: an analysis of six sectors

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004

  This report by the Task Force on WTO and Environment of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development looks at six sectors where the environmental impacts are the most pronounced: agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, automobiles, energy and textiles.
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  Dictatorship, democracy and institutions: macro policy in China and India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This article explores whether macroeconomic policies are influenced by the political structure. The authors compare reform period policy choices and outcomes in China and India.
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  The impact of China on the exports of other Asian countries

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004

  This paper analyses the impact of China's growth on the exports of other Asian countries. In doing so, the paper distinguishes the increase in China's demand for imports from its increased penetration of export markets.
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  The graying of the Middle Kingdom: the demographics and economics of retirement policy in China

  Global Aging Initiative Program, 2004

  Report explores the economic and social implications of the coming age wave.
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  Access to medicines in under-served markets: what are the implications of changes in intellectual property rights, trade and drug registration policy?

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This research paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre shows that the laws on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) are having a negative effect on health systems in developing countries.The report brings together findings from seven studies commissioned by DFID on the public health implications of TRIPS for developing countries and the effect it has on access to drug
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  Impacts of R&D, exports and FDI on productivity in Chinese manufacturing firms

  Lancaster University Management School, 2003

  This paper assesses the impacts of research and development (R&D), export and the presence of FDI on Chinese manufacturing productivity.
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  The effect of changing intellectual property on pharmaceutical industry prospects in India and China: considerations for access to medicines

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This HSRC report explores the implications of changing Intellectual Property (IP) on access to medicines (ATM) in India and China by asking two key questions: how will the implementation of product patents affect the pharmaceutical industries in these countries; and what will happen to the supply of low-priced medicines domestically and internationally.
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  Investigating the impacts of climate change on Chinese agriculture

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2004

  This paper reports on a regional climate change model developed to predict the impacts of climate change of Chinese agriculture. The model, developed by the UK’s Hadley Centre for Climate Change Predication and Research, took into account climate and soil variables, and the influence of higher atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide on plant metabolism.
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  HIV in injecting drug users in Asian countries

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This paper, published by the British Medical Journal, asks why proven strategies to prevent the spread of HIV infection among and from injecting drug users are not being more widely adopted in Asian countries. Injecting drug use continues to proliferate in this region.

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