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  Unequal partners : How EU–ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the development prospects of many of the world’s poorest countries

  Oxfam, 2006

  This briefing paper focuses on the EU's efforts to forge Economic Trade Agreements with 75 of its former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP).
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  Liberalising agricultural trade and developing countries

  2003

  This paper presents the key issues debated at a conference on the liberalisation of agricultural trade and the interests of developing countries which took place prior to the WTO Doha Round negotiations on agriculture.
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  Impact assessment of trade liberalisation in oilseeds sector: a case study of Rajasthan

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2006

  This paper considers ways in which relevant stakeholders, including producers, intermediaries, and consumers will be able find answers as to how fast and effectively they can integrate themselves into a globalising/liberalising economy, given the recent removal of quantitative restrictions in some areas of trade.
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  Globalisation and the post MFA environment: the competitive dynamics and policy responsiveness of the clothing industry in Madagascar

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2006

  This paper examines the impacts, potential and current, on the clothing industry in Madagascar, in the light of the end of the multifibre arrangement, which had ratified countries’ rights to impose quotas on textiles and clothing imports.Using a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques, more information was sought to better understand the current situation for the clothing industry in
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  Socially responsible trade integration:a political economy perspective

  Department for International Development, UK, 2006

  After briefly reviewing what is known about the distributive impacts of trade openness, this paper examines the political economy feedbacks of trade integration on domestic redistribution and identifies the economic and political feasibility constraints of a “trade regime with redistribution.” Taking a normative perspective, it explores the conditions for the existence of a “socially responsible”
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  Real exchange rate and international reserves in the era of growing financial and trade integration

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006

  Volatility in the exchange rate can reduce growth for countries with relatively low levels of financial development. Exchange rates in developing country economies can be particularly vulnerable to economic shocks from rapid falls in the terms of trade (the price of a country’s exports relative to its imports) and from changes in short- and long-term flows of capital into the economy.
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  Neo-liberalism and market concentration in Brazil: the emergence of a contradiction?

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This paper examines the degree of market and firm competitiveness that developed in Brazil in the 15 years since the introduction of neo-liberal policies. In particular, the authors seek to evaluate the extent to which trade liberalisation and the freeing-up of domestic markets has resulted in more competitive firm performance and market structures.
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  Modelling the impact of trade liberalisation: a critique of computable general equilibrium models

  Oxfam, 2006

  This paper presents a review and critique of the most widely used trade models based on computable general equilibrium (or CGE) models.
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  A South-South survival strategy: the potential for trade among developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2006

  This paper compares the potential effects of the removal of barriers on South- South trade with the gains from developed country liberalisation and from regional free trade areas within Africa, Asia and Latin America. This is in the context of increased trade between developing countries, or South-South trade, following significant reductions in tariff barriers.
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  Asia Pacific Human Development Report 2006: trade on human terms; transforming trade for human development in Asia and the Pacific (overview)

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2006

  This report is the result of a consultation among policymakers, academics, civil society groups, the private sector and other stakeholders and looks at recent developments on trade and economic growth in Asia in order to assess the impact on human development and poverty.It raises the following questions.

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