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    China Africa relations

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This study analyses the extent of China’s trade, foreign investment and aid in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study are to determine the size, composition and significance of Kenya’s exports to China, the composition and significance of imports of Kenya from China, and the composition and significance of Chinese investment in Kenya.
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    Why large American gains from globalisation are plausible

    Vox, 2008
    This paper is written to re-enforce the notion introduced by the Peterson Institute that globalisation has been good for America and will continue to be so.
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    China's development strategy: lessons for poverty reduction in Africa

    Trade and Development Studies Centre – Trust, Zimbabwe, 2008
    Following the wake of the China-Africa summit in Beijing, this paper looks at China’s development strategy and its deepening engagement with Africa. It also focuses heavily on China’s recent internal developments and evolution from a centrally planned economy.
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    Towards a global forest partnership: consultation, assessment and recommendations

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This report presents the findings of an independent consultation carried out by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on the World Bank’s preliminary idea of a new global forest partnership.
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    China-Africa economic relations: the case of Zambia

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    The paper aims to provide information on the size, structure and significance of China-Zambia relations. It specifically studies the nature and scope of Chinese investment in Zambia, the pattern and magnitude of trade between China and Zambia.
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    Depopulating the Tibetan grasslands: national policies and perspectives for the future of Tibetan herders in Qinghai Province, China

    Plateau Perspectives, 2008
    Tibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world and encompass the source areas of many major Asian rivers.
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    Theatre and Development

    Theatre of the Oppressed, 2005
    This paper discusses the conflict in northern Uganda. It particularly looks at the role of ‘theatre for development’ (TFD) - a concept aimed at using music, dance and drama as a means of passing on social messages and generating new ideas.
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    How global rules are established and stabilised

    Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2007
    This paper analyses how international rules are established and stabilised - how an international institutional order develops. It looks at mechanisms that stabilise rule systems, at bargaining procedures for cooperation gains, dispute settlement, sanctions, side payments, self-enforcing contracts, and global public goods.
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    Emerging dimensions of decentralization debate in the age of glocalization

    Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008
    The simultaneous operation of forces of globalisation and localisation which is being described as the process of glocalization, calls for fresh perspectives on decentralisation. This paper is an attempt at this. It says decentralization debate in the age of glocalization is not static. Decentralization is no longer seen as opposed to centralisation.
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    Al Hima: a way of life

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2007
    The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in the Arab world, and at times for different reasons, the Hima also declined.

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