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  Economic security for a better world

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This report is the first attempt to measure global economic security as perceived by ordinary people and was based on detailed household and workplace surveys covering over 48,000 workers and more than 10,000 workplaces worldwide. Economic security is measured on the basis of seven forms of work-related security including income, labour markets, employment, skills, work, jobs and representation.
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  Water justice for all: global and local resistance to the control and commodification of water

  Friends of the Earth International, 2003

  This report explores the issue of global water justice.
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  Growth accelerations

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004

  Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, this paper focuses on turning points in growth performance.
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  Globalization, technology and Asian development

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2003

  This paper discusses issues of globalisation, trade and Asian development.
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  Copenhagen Consensus: challenge paper on population and migration

  Copenhagen Consensus, 2004

  Many countries receiving migrants are attempting to manage immigration by discouraging potential migrants through tighter controls and restrictions of benefits. This paper argues that this is not an optimal solution. Rather, the overall goal is to create a world in which migration is unnecessary because sufficient opportunity exists at home.
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  Social dialogue and labour market performance in the Philippines

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This paper is one of a number of country studies on social dialogue to be undertaken by the InFocus Programme on Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration (IFP/Dialogue). The series seeks to elaborate on the concept of social dialogue as practised in member states, analyse different approaches to social dialogue and identify best practice.
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  Summary of the main points contained in the conclusions and recommendations of the final report of the extractive industries review

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2003

  This document summarises the main points in the conclusions and recommendations sections of the World Bank’s Final Report of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR).
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  The management of global financial markets

  Forum on Debt and Development, 2000

  This book analyses the inherent instability of global financial markets and discusses management strategies to deal with such instability. It departs from the observation that the globalisation of financial markets during the 1990s not only increased the opportunities for prosperity and growth in developing countries, but also the risk of misery and recession.
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  Assessment of investment climate in Georgia

  Local Government Information Center, Georgia, 2003

  There is no need to explain the importance of investment for national economies. Investment, along with consumption and savings, plays a central role in a country’s economic performance. However, Georgia lacks the necessary investment resources required for development, and so, foreign investments are considered crucial for economic development and growth.
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  Water privatisation in Latin America, 2002

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002

  This report sets out the main developments and current situation in respect of water privatisation and restructuring in Latin America as at June 2002. It assesses the multinationals active in Latin America; issues of public sector water and resistance; the Argentina crisis; conditionality problems; labour issues; and public finance. It presents developments by country in south and central America.

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