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    The precarious state of public finance

    Global Policy Forum, 2007
    As part of the ongoing debate over sustainable development financing, this paper identifies and examines the obstacles to effective mobilisation of domestic revenues in Southern countries.
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    Language, identity, modernity: the Arabic study circle of Durban

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2007
    The Arabic Study Circle, established in the 1950s, has had an enduring impact on linguistic, religious and cultural politics in the South African port city of Durban. This book provides a micro-history of a middle-class community through a study of this ‘Indian’ Muslim association.
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    Imagining the city: memories and cultures in Cape Town

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2007
    What is Cape Town? This book explores the apartheid legacies of Cape Town and demonstrates that cultural life flourished through people’s resilience in spite of adversity. It weaves oral texts and visual images of Cape Town to provide a historical, and a socially and culturally pluralistic perspective of the city. It contains 11 chapters divided into two sets.
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    The OECD guidelines for multi-national enterprises: an evolving legal status

    Sherpa, 2007
    This paper provides an overview of the growing sphere of influence of multinational enterprises (MNEs). It aims to open up avenues which will enable the influence of the current framework of positive law on MNEs to be strengthened and to consider international customary law that could enable the guidelines to find a place within hard-law institutions.
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    Business Linkages: lessons, opportunities, and challenges

    International Business Leaders Forum, 2007
    This paper discusses how, when and why transnational firms should strengthen links with the local environment of the host countries they operate in. It particularly focuses on strengthening links with small and medium enterprises  (SMEs). The paper identifies key challenges and approaches in the practice of business linkages.
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    Determinants of wage differentials in the maquila industry in Mexico: a gender perspective

    The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics, 2007
    The off-shore industry located in the Mexico-United States border region commonly referred as the maquila industry has been highly dynamic. This paper provides a brief overview of how employment and wages have developed in the Maquila industry and presents the results of the econometric estimates and the calculation of the wage gaps.
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    Beyond pragmatism: appraising UN-business partnerships

    United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2006
    This paper outlines the growing number of partnerships across the UN spectrum and takes particular note of the recent emphasis placed on mainstreaming and scaling up partnership activities in the UN system. Both the theory and practice of partnerships suggest that thinking and policy need to go beyond evidence and assumptions about good governance and pragmatism.
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    Asian drivers and the future of responsible production and consumption: exploring a research question and hypotheses for future research

    Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2007
    The consumer base in many Asian countries is expanding rapidly. Will they consume responsibly produced goods? This paper asses the long-term relevance of responsible production, such as Fair Trade and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, in enhancing development. Key questions asked are:
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    Can trade agreements be made development ‘friendly’?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has increased rapidly over the last fifteen years. The European Union (EU) is currently negotiating multiple Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), exploring the possibility of a PTA with India, deepening its trading relationship with its neighbours and signing agreements in South America.
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    Understanding migration as a driver of poverty reduction in Europe and Central Asia

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2007
    There are a number of ways in which migration may have significant links with poverty reduction and economic growth in the European and Central Asian region. This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted on migration and poverty in three regions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2006.

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