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  Milking the CAP: how Europe's dairy regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world

  Oxfam, 2002

  EU surpluses of milk and milk products are dumped on world markets using costly export subsidies, which destroy people’s livelihoods in some of the world’s poorest countries.Dairy dumping is a worrying problem because milk producers in developing countries cannot compete effectively with European milk producers who are heavily subsidised by their governments.
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  Europe's double standards: how the EU should reform its trade policies with the developing world

  Oxfam, 2002

  The European Union has made much benefit to developing countries, but there is still a lot to do for reaching economic development and poverty eradication.This paper points out the worst features of EU trade policy, including:spending $41 billion a year on agricultural subsidies, regardless the negative effects that they can exert on developing countries economiesfailing to allow de
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  The great EU sugar scam: how Europe's sugar regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world

  Oxfam, 2002

  Under the common agricultural policy (CAP), the EU has emerged as the world's largest exporter of white sugar. Subsidies and tariffs generate vast profits for big sugar processors and large farmers whilst vast surpluses are dumped on world markets.This briefing paper highlights that the EU's sugar regime is in opposition to the theory of comparative advantage.
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  Cotonou Infokit

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2002

  Designed for policy makers, practitioners and interested stakeholders in ACP and EU countries, the Cotonou Infokit brings together, in a readable form, basic information on the new Cotonou Partnership Agreement.
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  The EU's development response towards crisis and conflict affected countries: operational guidelines for the implementation of Article 11 of the Cotonou Agreement

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2001

  This article indicates that the proliferation of conflicts is facing the international donor community with major political and development challenges.The report finds that:traditional cooperation strategies , approaches and instruments are ill-suited to effectively addressing the wide range of needs in crisis-ridden and conflict-affected countriesthe current political climate is no
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  Europe's Lome Policy in Perspective (Lister / DSA)

  Development Studies Association, UK and Ireland, 1999
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  The WTO, the EU and the Arab world : trade policy priorities and pitfalls

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  A preference for gradual trade liberalization has led to partial and slow reform, lack of credibility, and a weak private sector supply response in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The creation of the World Trade Organization and the offer of the European Union to establish a Euro Mediterranean Economic Area could help make the strategy of gradual reform more credible.
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  Catching up with Eastern Europe? : the European Union's Mediterranean free trade initiative

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  The option of a Euro Mediterranean Agreement gives the Mediterranean countries a unique opportunity to credibly pursue far-reaching trade liberalization gradually. Further unilateral efforts will be required to ensure that Mediterranean countries gain.
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  Renegotiation of the Lome Convention: UK Governments response to the Select Committee on International Development's report

  International Development Committee, UK, 1998
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  Renegotiation of the Lome Convention: report by UK Select Committee on International Development

  International Development Committee, UK, 1998

  Concentrates on the contents of the Draft Negotiating Mandate which, subject to whatever modifications are made under the UK Presidency, will form the basis for negotiations with the ACP. with the aim of encouraging the UK Government to argue for further changes during the negotiating process or indeed to argue that certain proposed changes are resisted.

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