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  The International Labour Organization: can it deliver the social dimension of globalization?

  Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2004

  This paper assesses the potential for the ILO to be "the social pillar" of the global architecture.
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  Towards a fair deal for migrant workers in the global economy

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This report aims to prompt dialogues for multilateral cooperation on how to better manage the flows in the interest of protecting human rights, maximising migration’s contribution to growth and development, and preventing clandestine flows and trafficking.The report discusses background issues on labour migration and its consequences, the conditions of work and treatment of workers, and the int
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  The impact of China on the exports of other Asian countries

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004

  This paper analyses the impact of China's growth on the exports of other Asian countries. In doing so, the paper distinguishes the increase in China's demand for imports from its increased penetration of export markets.
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  Globalisation and social security in low-income countries: the case of Côte d’Ivoire

  Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2003

  This paper argues that the impacts of globalisation have created new challenges for social security systems in developing countries, and looks at ways in which these systems could be redesigned in order to alleviate poverty and guarantee economic security.
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  Coordination failure and employment in South Africa

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004

  This paper examines the phenomenon by which South Africa lost more than 890,000 jobs from 1989 to 1999, but still had an increase in the number of skilled workers over that period. The authors construct a model to explain this phenomenon.
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  What has the feminisation of the labour market "bought" women in South Africa?: trends in labour force participation, employment and earnings, 1995-2001

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004

  This paper examines the dramatic increase in the labour force participation of women in South Africa since the mid-1990s. While male labour force participation has also been increasing, it has increased more slowly than women’s participation, leading to a feminisation of the labour force.
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  Are Economic Partnership Agreements likely to promote or constrain regional integration in southern Africa?: options, limits and challenges Botswana, Mauritius and Mozambique are facing

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2004

  The vast majority of the South African Development Community (SADC) and Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries belong to the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. As such they are also members of the Cotonou Agreement which grants Europe’s former colonies preferential, non-reciprocal access to the EU market.
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  Trade and Development Report 2004

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004

  The key message of this years Trade and Development Report, is that strategies based on the 'openness model' are not sufficient to lead to development through integration into the world economy.
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  The role of Intellectual Property Rights in Information and Communication Technologies

  Centre For Economic And Social Studies, India, 2004

  The last two decades of the twentieth century saw an intense debate on several intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the international fora.
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  World Economic Situation and Prospects 2004

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2004

  This paper argues that despite setbacks in world economic growth due to SARS and the prospect of war in Iraq, the world economy is making a comeback. The authors state that the strength of the current recovery is still heavily dependent on policy ensuring low interest rates and expansionary fiscal measures.

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