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  Export horticulture and poverty in Kenya

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002

  In sub-Saharan Africa, the promotion of export horticulture has often been proposed as a pro-poor development strategy due to its intensive use of land and unskilled labour. This paper reports the results of a household survey in Kenya undertaken explicitly to compare the incomes of households involved in export horticulture with those which are not.
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  Industrial growth in Kerala : trends and explanations

  Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2000

  The study traces the trends in industrial growth against the backdrop of the overall economic growth in Kerala under the influence of the ongoing economic reforms. It evaluates it against the performance of Karnataka, Tamilnadu and all-India.The study finds that the manufacturing industry in Kerala is has a low growth rate when the rest of the economy is growing well.
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  Trade, growth, and poverty

  Economic Growth Project, World Bank, 2001

  Looks at the effect of globalization on inequality and poverty. The authors identify a group of developing countries that are participating more in globalization. These "globalizers" include China, India, and several other large countries, so well over half of the population of the developing world lives in these globalizing economies.
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  Can Malaysian manufacturing compete with China in the WTO?

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2001

  This study assesses the implications of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Malaysian manufacturing exports.The paper argues that: Malaysia will experience a decline in its export share of labor intensive products. In the short term, Malaysia has a relatively high comparative advantage in high technology products, and Japanese Direct Investment (JDI) remains c
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  An overview of export processing zones: selected Asian countries

  Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2002

  This paper surveys the literature on the performance of Export Processing Zones (EPZs), focusing on research that has used a benefit-cost analytical framework.The paper evaluates the future of EPZs in the light of the abolition of the Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA)reviews the background of EPZsanalyses the method for the 'enclave model'reports on the economic performance of s
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  China in the international segmentation of production processes

  Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, 2002

  The paper analyses China’s rise in international trade in the context of globalisation, in the sense of the reorganisation of production on a worldwide basis. Production processes have become internationally fragmented, as firms located in different countries take part in the production of a commodity but at different stages of the value-added chain.
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  Making globalization work for the poor

  Finance and Development, IMF, 2002

  Argues that globalisation is not necessarily good for the poor. Within many developing countries, globalization is exacerbating inequalities at various levels. Income gaps based on access to markets, productive assets, and education are widening, acting as a brake on poverty-reduction efforts.
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  The social clause and sustainable development

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002

  Policy oriented paper aiming to contribute to the debate on trade and the social clause by providing a complementary analytical framework to look at the relationship between labour standards, trade, and sustainable development.The paper first examines the economic arguements for the core labour standards which the social clause enshrines and argues that the enforcement of labour standards is mo
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  Increasing trade and investment: policies, institutions, and development assistance

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002

  First in a series of USAID policy briefs which will "explore solutions to the challenges of international development".
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  From Rio to Johannesburg and beyond: globalizing precaution for genetically modified organisms

  World Economy, Ecology and Development, 2002

  This study focuses on the regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and traces back the history, components and future consequences of the precautionary principle (PP).

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