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The Asian drivers: financial flows into and out of Asia, and implications for developing countries
Asian Drivers Programme, Institute of Development Studies, 2005This paper explores the current and potential future impact of Asia's financial flows for the rest of the world. The paper draws out the main types of financial flows to and from Asia, and points out their financial and macroeconomic implications for developing countries. In addition, the authors make suggestions for potential of future research.DocumentThe rise of China and India: what's in it for Africa?
OECD Development Centre, 2006This brief examines the impact which China’s and India’s rise has on African countries.DocumentWhat is the effect of trade openness on wages?
International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2004Examining the effects of trade openness on wages, this paper argues that the effects of openness are comparatively better in developed economies.Document2005 and beyond: the future of trade, development and international institutions
The Globalization Institute, 2005Examining questions on trade, development and international institutions through a 2005 stock-take, the author of this paper is pessimistic about the prospect for a fresh wave of liberalisation through the WTO and other international institutions. It is argued that most of the new ideas on aid are wrong and that top-down global-governance prescriptions are misguided.DocumentGlobalisation, liberalisation, and protectionism: The global framework affecting rural producers in developing countries
Third World Network, 2006This paper provides an overview of the phenomenon of globalisation and its effects on the conditions of rural producers in developing countries. It begins by outlining the features of globalisation.DocumentMexico the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): effects on human rights
International Federation for Human Rights, 2006This paper assesses the human rights impacts of the NAFTA in Mexico, with a particular focus on working conditions.DocumentTrade liberalisation and the dynamics of poverty in Tunisia: a layered CGE microsimulation analysis
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2006The links between trade reform and poverty are diverse and complex. In the developing countries, the poor are generally concentrated in rural agriculture and in urban informal sector activities, they have limited assets, the most abundant of which is low-skilled labor and food is by far the most important item of their expenditure.DocumentThe impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the case of the Philippines
Third World Network, 2006This report uses case studies from the Philippines’ vegetable and poultry sector to illustrate the social effects of globalisation and trade liberalisation on rural producers, and on the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) involvement in the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) project.The authors find that trade liberalisation has increased importDocumentTrade,growth and industrialisation: issues, experiences and policy challenges
Third World Network, 2005While the author notes that rapid and full integration of developing countries into the global economy through liberalisation of trade and investment flows has over the past couple of decades dominated policy reforms, he argues that neither theory or empirical evidence suggest any linkages between liberalisation and growth.Although developing countries share in world manufacturing exports, theDocumentThe impact of globalisation and liberalisation on agriculture and small farmers in developing countries: the experience of Ghana
Third World Network, 2006This study is part of a research project on the impact of globalisation and liberalisation on poor rural producers in developing countries. It takes as a case study the experience of Ghana and its agricultural sector.Pages