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  International investment and human rights: political and legal issues

  Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2003

  This paper constitutes an exploratory examination of some of the issues involved in the foreign investment-human rights nexus. It studies the patterns of global investment flows and the legal mechanisms that regulate them, as well as human rights legislation.
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  Sustaining income growth in a globalising world: the search for the Nth rent

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This paper explores how economic agents, particularly developing country producers, can dynamically position themselves in the global economy so that they are able to sustain income growth.
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  A fair globalization: creating opportunities for all

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This final report of the ILO’s World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization suggests how the potential of globalisation can be better harnessed to address the needs, concerns and aspirations of more people in the world.The report argues that globalisation can be a process with a strong social dimension based on universally shared values and respect for human rights and individual d
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  Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains

  Oxfam, 2004

  While much research has focused on the content of labour codes of conduct and how suppliers meet them, this paper argues that in practice it is the supply-chain purchasing practices of the large companies themselves that undermine the labour standards the codes claim to support.The paper argues that a new model of business practice that requires increasing flexibility through "just-in-time" del
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  Global governance of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – good for the poor?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Can institutions of global governance manage globalisation in a way that benefits the poor? In the field of modern agricultural biotechnology, where production, trade and finance are increasingly globalised, do international institutions provide effective and equitable international regulation of the trade in and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
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  A review of regional strategies addressing poverty

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This paper reviews the main development strategies that have been pursued in Africa since the 1970s with the aim of stirring a debate that can be helpful in the search for new opportunities for poverty reduction in the region.The paper focuses its attention on the following broad policies:Structural adjustment policies: characterised by a keen interest on the part of internationa
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  Uzbekistan energy sector: issues, analysis, and an agenda for reform

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper analyses the energy sector in Uzbekistan and presents a detailed proposal for its reform. It argues that Uzbekistan’s considerable endowment with primary energy resources has led to a subsidisation of energy that has brought about many weaknesses.
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  Intellectual and cultural property rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia

  Minority Rights Group International, 2003

  This report looks at efforts by the UN and governments to protect indigenous and tribal heritage from exploitation; the pressures on governments to allow exploitation of indigenous knowledge; the many initiatives taken by Asian indigenous and tribal peoples to protect their heritage; and the effects of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Trade-Related Aspects of International
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  Enabling sustainable urban road transport in China: a policy and institutional perspective

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2003

  The study links the major unsustainabilities of China’s urban road transport with those deficiencies in urban road transport planning and management and China’s auto industry policy.Road transportation systems are often characterized by low efficiency, heavy congestion and high environmental pollution.
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  Options for promoting corporate responsibility in conflict zones: perspectives from the private sector

  International Peace Academy, 2002

  This paper examines private sector actors’ perceptions of and experiences with select existing and prospective measures (both voluntary and regulatory) to promote responsible business behavior in conflict zones.

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