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Latin America and the Caribbean in the world economy 2006: trends 2007
United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007This report is the main document published annually by the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC. This year's edition provides analysis of:DocumentThe EU-Mexico free trade agreement seven years on. A warning to the global South
Transnational Institute, 2007The EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has served as a model for Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs) between the EU and Latin American countries and regions since it came into force in 2000. This paper outlines the impact of the EU-Mexico FTA seven years on. It argues that instead of the promised economic and social benefits, the treaty has:DocumentOECD agricultural trade reforms: impact on India's prices and producers' welfare
2007This paper examines the possible impact of liberalisation of agriculture trade on small holder farmers in India. The paper analyses the impacts of removing agriculture subsidies in the European Union and United States and of import trade tariffs in India.DocumentNew powers for global change?: Brazil as a regional player and an emerging global power: foreign policy strategies and the impact on the new international order
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2007Brazil is increasingly becoming an important player in world politics, both within the South American context and globally as one of the so-called BRICs. This essay examines the main lines of Brazilian foreign policy in the current presidency of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva.DocumentThe effect of external conditions on growth in Latin America
International Monetary Fund, 2007This paper expolores the sensitivity of Latin American GDP growth to external developments using data from 1994 to 2006 on key external and Latin American variables. The paper finds that Latin American growth is robust to moderate declines in commodity prices and U.S.DocumentGuatemala and Costa Rica: in and out of CAFTA
Center for International Policy, 2007In 2005 Guatemala signed onto the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the US. This report assesses the impact CAFTA has had on the Guatemalan economy. Key findings include:DocumentImpact of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Near East and North Africa
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007Some argue that free trade is good for poverty reduction. This report examines the impact of trade liberalisation on small farmers and other poor households in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. It combines a comprehensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation with four country case studies to examine the distributional impact in more depth.DocumentThe urban informal sector and poverty: effects of trade reform and capital mobility in India
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007According to conventional wisdom, economic reform is likely to reduce informal sector wages.This paper examines the contrary case of post-liberalisation India where real wages in the informal manufacturing sector have risen significantly across most states.It offers detailed empirical evidence how this wage change has affected poverty at the state level.DocumentRegional integration and the EPAs
South Centre, 2007The fact sheet asks the following questions and argues: Does Regional Integration provide African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries with benefits?DocumentThe investment issue in trade agreements: a development perspective
Third World Network, 2006This paper argues that there should not be an investment chapter in free trade agreements. If there must be such a chapter, it should take the form of cooperation in order to promote appropriate flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) between partners.Pages