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  Protecting health and the environment in third world cities: lessons learned from best practices in community-based municipal solid waste management

  Global Development Network, 2000

  Municipal Solid waste management (MSWM) constitutes a serious problem in many Third World cities as most do not collect the totality of wastes generated, and of the wastes collected, only a fraction receives proper disposal. So are the efforts being made by development agencies an effort in the right direction?
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  The mother of all questions: how to reform global governance?

  OpenDemocracy, 2003

  This paper gathers some ideas together and proposes a draft general framework for reform of the United Nations.The paper argues that, in addition to the current three major objectives (peace and security; development and aid; freedom and human rights) a reformed UN may be assigned three further objectives, already within the UN domain of interest, but deserving to be institutionalised:
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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.
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  African civil society: coming to terms with globalisation

  Foreign Policy Centre, London, 2003

  This essay argues that NGOs in Africa are blossoming in terms of numbers but this is failing to translate into concerted activities with civil society.
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  Poverty reduction, equity and climate change: challenges for global governance

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper first focuses on the poverty and sustainable development issues of climate change, considering the potential and limitations of win-win poverty and environmental options. It concludes by assessing strategies for linking poverty, equity and environmental outcomes.Policy conclusions include‘Equity’ is key to future North-South cooperation in climate change ‘mitigation’.
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  The WTO-led system of global governance: tactical options and strategic debates amongst civil society organisations worldwide

  Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2002

  The ‘Mobilisation against Globalisation’ that caught world public attention in Seattle drew on old and new, local, national, regional and international actions and campaigns on many issues over many years and included representatives from African countries. However, the major powers and the WTO secretariat quickly recovered their equilibrium.
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  New rules, new roles: does PSP benefit the poor?

  Wateraid, 2003

  This synthesis paper reports on the impact of the increasing role of the private sector in the provision of water services and resources on the rural and urban poor in 10 developing countries.
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  Effects of financial globalization on developing countries: some empirical evidence

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on the impact of financial globalisation for developing countries.
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  Democracy, regime stability, and growth

  Department of Economics, Stockholm University, 2002

  This study argues that a weak relation between democracy and economic growth found in previous studies is due to the neglect of the increase of stability of institutions over time, and the interaction of this stability with the type of political regime.
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  Global accountability report

  One World Trust, 2003

  Report compares the accountability of Inter-governmental Organisations (IGOs), Trans-national Corporations (TNCs) and International NGOs, assessing eighteen of the world’s most powerful organisations.

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