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  Reactions on the Green Paper on Relations between the European Union and the ACP Countries on the Eve of the 21st Century

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999
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  Water resources managment: IISD resource guide

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999

  List of important document (with abstract) and related WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information Centre
• Document

  Civil society: IISD resource guide

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1998

  Bibilography of key paper resources concerning civil society and sustainable development accompanied by short abstracts. Also details of relevant WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information Centre
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  Taming the tigers: the IMF and the Asian crisis

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998

  Report begins by describing what actually happened in the three worst hit countries of Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea. It goes on to explore the human impact of the crisis. These chapters provide the material for a detailed analysis of the IMF’s role, and of the numerous failings in its performance to date.
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  The Social Consequences of the East Asian Financial Crisis

  Social Crisis in East Asia, World Bank, 1998

  What began as a currency crisis in Thailand has evolved into a social crisis across the region and beyond. Within East Asia it was initially hoped that the crisis would involve a sharp contraction and sharp recovery—a "V"-shaped response to a shock, as occurred in Mexico after the 1994/95 currency crisis.
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  The WTO and Civil Society

  Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1998

  In line with a general trend in contemporary global governance, the World Trade Organization has been developing increased links with civil society groups. If conducted well, these contacts can make important contributions towards greater effectiveness and democracy in the global trade regime. If handled poorly, however, the relations can undermine policy and undercut democracy.
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  How Bad Governance Impedes Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh

  OECD Development Centre, 1998

  In 1995/96, 47.5 per cent of the population of Bangladesh were still living below the poverty line. While this represents a decline compared to 62.6 per cent in 1983/84, the absolute number of poor people has in fact increased over the same period.
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  Global farming systems study: challenges and priorities to 2030

  Rural Development Strategy Team, World Bank, 2001

  For more than a decade, the proportion of internationally supported public investment directed at agriculture and the rural sector in developing countries has been declining. Moreover, this is occuring at a time in which the process of globalisation is changing patters of trade and investment, placing agricultural producers and communities under tremendous pressure to adapt in order to survive.
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  Exporting corruption: privatisation, multinationals and bribery

  The Corner House, UK, 2000

  Deals with the globalisation of corruption. The article suggests that if corruption is growing throughout the world, it is largely a result of the rapid privatisation (and associated practices of contracting-out and concessions) of public enterprises worldwide.

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