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    The economic imperatives of marriage: emerging practices and identities among youth in the Middle East

    Middle East Youth Initiative, 2007
    Demographic transition in the Middle East and North African region has led to what has been termed a ‘youth bulge’, with over 50% of the population being under 25. With co-habitation legally and culturally unacceptable, young people often remain dependent on parental support until they can afford to get married.
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    Middle East Youth Initiative

    The initiative blends activities in an attempt to bridge the divide between thinkers and practitioners by utilising robust research as a foundation for effective policy and programs.
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    Helping the families of home-based workers break the cycle of poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In Asia there are millions of home-based women workers and the vast majority are poor. How can the risks and vulnerabilities these women face be reduced? And what can be done to help the children of home-based workers escape poverty?
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    Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

    The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy.
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    Evolution of China’s aid policy

    Japan Bank for International Cooperation, 2008
    As a non-Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC) member, China is not obliged to share information on their aid operations presenting a significant challenge for anyone seeking to study their aid policy.
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    The autobus is leaving...can the Philippines catch it?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Trying to develop the automotive industry, the Philippine government has adopted local protectionist policies for almost thirty years. However, these policies have resulted in very limited localisation as the automotive assemblers encountered difficulties.
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    Competition and development - the power of conmpetitive markets

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This paper seeks to demonstrate the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace. It touches on issues of globalisation, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalisation.
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    Is full employment possible under globalisation?

    Political Economy Research Institute, 2008
    When an economy operates at a high employment level - at something approaching full employment - this creates as a matter of course a high level of overall purchasing power in the economy, since people will have more money in their pockets to spend.
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    Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    Throughout the world, social movements are the driving force behind a new food sovereignty policy framework, which aims to guarantee and protect people’s space, ability and right to define their own models of production, food distribution and consumption patterns.
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    Responding to China in Africa

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008
    This paper explores the development of China’s strategy in Africa with particular attention to Beijing’s objectives and methods, while highlighting the implications of China’s approach for United States’ relations with African countries.

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