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    Opportunities and risks for the poor in developing countries

    Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002
    The authors of this paper argue that the forces of globalization ought to influence and contribute towards positive health outcomes for the poor in developing countries.
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    Chasing shadows: re-imagining finance for development

    Jubilee Research, 2002
    Starting from the premise that finance is not about money, but about the relationships among people, states, markets and natural environment, this report provides three key-features so that finance can become a “real” tool for development.The paper warns that:in order to achieve the objectives of global security and meeting basic human development needs, the imbalance between free marke
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    Indigenous Knowledges: opportunities and challenges

    Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, World Bank, 2001
    This paper introduces indigenous knowledge (IK) as a significant resource which could contribute to the increased efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the development process. IK is defined as the basis for community-level decision making in areas pertaining to food security, human and animal health, education, natural resource management and other vital economic and social activities.
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    Balancing the other budget: proposal for solving the greater debt crisis

    New Economics Foundation, 2002
    Despite the pledge of support by industrialised countries, developing countries are still paying billion of dollars to their creditors and the debt of the South to the North is increasing more and more rather than decreasing. On the other hand, a different type of debt is becoming increasingly worrying.
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    The least developed countries and world trade

    SIDA Studies, 2001
    This study interlinks the internal and external factors that affect LDCs' opportunities to participate in world trade. An account is given of the marginal role of LDCs in the World Trade Organisation, and in the global regulatory framework.
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    Human rights and democratic development in Africa: policy considerations for Africa's development in the new millennium

    Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2002
    This paper argues that Nepad fails to adequately define democracy or to examine the relationship between development, peace, democracy and the realisation of human rights.
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    NEPAD and the environment: envisaging the ecological consequences of outward-oriented development in Africa

    World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002, 2002
    The author argues that NEPAD will lead Africa's integration into the global economy through specialisation in the primary sector.
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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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    Is globalisation good for Africa?

    School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University, Sweden, 2002
    Globalisation or market integration in Sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked to the structural adjustment programmes.
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    The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD): A Commentary

    Pambazuka, 2002
    Report which welcomes the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and particularly the engagement of the G8 countries as an important political moment but expresses a number of concerns.These can be summarised as follows:NEPAD is a starting point for discussion in Africa, but did not result from appropriate participatory strategies.

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