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    Trade Liberalisation and the Crop Sector in Bangladesh

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2003
    The liberalisation of the crop sector in Bangladesh will affect more than just production and imports. As the source of staple food, livelihood and employment for millions of people, changes in the crop sector could have far-reaching impacts on poverty and welfare. This paper addresses some of these issues and their implications.
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    Social impact of international trade and multinational corporations activities on the people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria: a comparative analysis by gender, generation and socio-cultural differences

    Global Development Network, 2002
    For nearly three decades, petroleum production and consumption has probably brought out both the best and worst of modern civilization in Nigeria.
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    Rice trade liberalisation and poverty

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
    This paper explores the important link between rice trade liberalisation and poverty, seeking specifically to respond to two questions: What would be the effect of freer trade in rice on trade flow patterns? How will rice trade liberalisation and consequent rice price equalisation across countries influence the prevalence of poverty in the poorer economies?
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    Trade and poverty: background briefing

    Department for International Development, UK, 2002
    The reduction in barriers to international trade can increase and create incomes for the poor and provide more resources to fight poverty.This paper:describes the impact of liberalisation on household and individual income levels identifies three channels through which trade reform affects poverty, that is prices, enterprise and government revenueanalyses how policy-making decis
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    Globalization and employment: the impact of trade on employment level and structure in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    This paper presents empirical estimates of the impact of globalization on employment level and structure using Philippine data.The paper asks whether an increase in economic openness, e.g. a shift toward export manufacturing, increases or decreases labour demand.
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    Multilateral trade liberalization and poverty reduction

    Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Germany, 2000
    This study assesses the likely impacts of trade liberalisation on the incidence of poverty. The study attempts to maintain a multi-country focus on liberalisation by comparing experience in 5 countries (Thailand, Zambia, India )Approach:The authors simulate a global model to determine regional price changes owing to a policy experiment.
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    New technologies and the global race for knowledge

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999
    The recent great strides in technology present tremendous opportunities for human developmenbut achieving that potential depends on how technology is used.
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    China's Unfinished Open-Economy Reforms: Liberalisation of Services

    OECD Development Centre, 1999
    During the 1990s, China has experienced a surge in imports of services, particularly those of communication, insurance and other business services, despite the fact that the authorities have maintained a plethora of restrictive measures limiting access to the service sector.

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