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  On export rivalry and the greening of agriculture: the role of eco-labels

  European Development Research Network, 2004

  As part of the second academic EUDN Conference on "Trade, aid, FDI and international migration" this paper examines the trade and environment debate with a special focus on the role of eco-labeling for agricultural exports.An empirical investigation offers the following results:while developing countries in Western Europe have used eco-labeling for a long time already, the spread of thi
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  Learning to export: evidence form Moroccan manufacturing

  European Development Research Network, 2004

  As part of the second academic EUDN Conference on "Trade, aid, FDI and international migration" this paper explores the export learning process of Moroccan manufacturers.
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  Diaspora, migration and development in the Caribbean

  Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2004

  This paper examines the developmental impact of the growth of the diasporic economy on Caribbean countries, focusing on the issues of remittances, diasporic exports, brain drain, as well as the new health and security risks associated with migration and mobile populations.It asks whether the benefits of migration such as remittances, diasporic exports and the vent of surplus population redress
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  Regional Integration and Development (Overview)

  World Bank, 2003

  This document offers an overview of 'Regional Integration and Development' - a publication that followed a research project on the effects of regional integration on development, carried out at the World Bank.'Regional Integration and Development' deals with the following issues:how to make the most of RIAs the impact of RIAs on investment and foreign direct investment the dy
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  Trade, environment and development: the recent Argentine experience

  Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004

  This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on the environment in both the manufacturing and the agricultural sectors in Argentina.
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  Globalisation, urbanisation and changing food systems in developing countries

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004

  As part of the FAO ‘State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004’, this chapter explores how the profound demographic and economic changes are rapidly transforming food systems and the scope and nature of nutritional challenges in the developing world.Key findings of the study include:following rapid urbanisation, rising income and rapid growth in imports of wheat and other commodities, t
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  The macroeconomic impact of remittances in Ghana

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004

  This paper presents Balance of Payments (BOP) estimates of private remittances for Ghana.
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  Implications of the economic rise of the PRC for ASEAN and India: trade and foreign direct investment

  Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, 2003

  The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been opening up its economy to the outside world in a carefully managed and phased manner since 1979.
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  Bilateral investment treaties and development policy-making

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004

  This paper examines the impacts of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on development-oriented policy-making.
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  Workers' remittances: an important and stable source of external development finance

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper examines the relative importance of workers’ remittances as a source of development finance in developing countries and discusses measures that industrial and developing countries could take to increase remittances.The paper first analyses trends and cycles in workers’ remittances in developing countries and compares them to other sources of foreign exchange earnings, such as exports

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