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    Proposals for contributions of emerging economies to the climate regime under the UNFCCC post 2012

    German Federal Environmental Agency, 2008
    This report provides a detailed overview of the national circumstances, emission levels, mitigation potential and measures for the major developing countries of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    Progress in making urban development sustainable

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    A modern city can only be truly successful if it can demonstrate its commitment to protecting the environment. Officials must recognise the city’s natural assets, create efficient water, energy and transport infrastructure and protect its citizens against the impacts of climate change.
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    How Africa can get more from relations with China

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    China’s emergence is having a big impact on Africa. But the relationship presents challenges as well as opportunities. How can Africa influence Chinese policy in order to benefit more from its relations with this important partner?
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    Voluntary Licensing Agreements for available and affordable HIV drugs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Pledges to secure universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs by 2010 seem increasingly unlikely to be fulfilled. In many less well-off countries, prices are prohibitively high for these treatments.
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    Meso-level restructuring of the food industry in developing countries: synthesis report - meso study

    Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008
    Rapid changes are taking place in the structure and governance of national and regional agrifood markets in developing countries, affecting the agricultural sector's ability to contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable rural development.
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    Intergenerational programmes: public policy and research implications. An international perspective

    UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2008
    Intergenerational programmes are vehicles for the purposeful and ongoing exchange of resources and learning among older and younger generations. This monograph presents the results of collaborative cross-country research and aims to aims to highlight the importance of intergenerational programmes, and to summarise key issues to underpin future research and policy development.
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    South Africa and China: the agricultural and fisheries trading relationship

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008
    A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China's trade with the world.  This paper examines the agricultural component of Chinese trade with South Africa, which it aims to place in broader perspective of China's global trading relationships.
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    Sustainability reporting in emerging markets

    Social Investment Forum, USA, 2008
    With the increasing role of emerging market companies in the global economy, investors increasingly expect certain minimum standards of governance and disclosure to be met. This study investigates the current level of sustainability reporting and disclosure by emerging market companies in three sectors; energy, materials and telecommunications - and from seven countries; Brazil, China
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    South African quotas on Chinese clothing and textiles: has there been sufficient economic justification?

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2007
    South Africa imposed quotas on the importation of selected clothing lines from China to slow the trade flow of imports. This paper answers the question whether those quotas are meeting their goal. To do so, it examines the changes in the trade flows of clothing since the introduction of the quotas.

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