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    Bt cotton: benefits for poor farmers?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This paper questions whether, on the basis of a few favourable studies and a few years' experience, Bt cotton (cotton genetically engineered to express the insecticidal toxin Bacillus Thuringiensis) can be relied upon to produce benefits for poor farmers.The paper identifies a number of implications:the positive results shown by Bt cotton in the first few years are likely to be highly c
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    How can developing countries benefit from globalization: the case of China

    Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2003
    China’s experience has often been used as a successful example to prove that developing countries can actually benefit from globalisation.
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    Organic agriculture and rural poverty alleviation: potential and best practices in Asia

    Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP, 2002
    This document studies the rapidly developing organic farming sector in Asia. It looks at concepts and practices, export potential, market developments and, first and foremost, success cases where small and marginal farmers in the rural areas were able to increase their livelihood through organic agriculture.
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    Will China's WTO accession worsen rural poverty?

    Center for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University (ANU), 2004
    Many fear China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will impoverish its farmers, via greater import competition in its agricultural markets. Using a numerical simulation model (GTAP), this paper explores the likely changes in agricultural and other product prices as a result of WTO accession.
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    Clean up your computer: working conditions in the electronics sector

    Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2004
    This paper analyses the labour standards and working conditions in computing manufacturing, particularly in developing countries where many stages of computer production are carried out by low-skilled and low-paid workers.The paper finds that unlike their counterparts in the clothing and footwear sector, computer companies have thus far escaped scrutiny on labour issues.
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    Assessment of resources, best practices and gaps in gender science and technology in the Asia Pacific Region

    United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Jakarta Office, 2002
    The APGEST scanning project, "Assessment of Resources, Best Practices and Gaps in Gender Science & Technology in the Asia Pacific Region" was conducted in India, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Korea, Mongolia, Fiji, Kiribati and Samoa, and aimed to produce a knowledge base of initiatives that promote access by poor women to scientific and technological expertise, to identify ke
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    Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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    Agricultural biotechnology policy processes in China

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    This paper explores the main features of policy and policy processes surrounding agricultural biotechnology in China, traces the emergence of the current situation historically, and identifies potential issues for subsequent research.Findings include:China considers agricultural biotechnology as a primary measure to improve its national food security, raise agricultural productivity, an
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    Bt cotton benefits, costs and impacts in China

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This paper provides a follow up study, 2000/1, of the effect of Bt cotton adoption in China, 1999.Main findings include:the production Bt cotton has positive crop yield impacts, shifting the crop yield frontier by nearly 10 percentBt cotton farmers increased their incomes by reducing use of pesticides and labour inputsBt cotton continues to have positive environmental and health
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    Biotechnology policy and regulation in China

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This paper refutes claims that China has in recent years fundamentally altered its stance on GMOs in response to trade, food safety and environmental biosafety concerns.

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