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  We have a consensus: explaining political support for market reforms in Latin America

  Eldis Document Store, 2002

  This essay examines the course of market reforms—more polemically known as "neoliberalism"—in the four most industrialized countries in Latin America during the final decades of the twentieth century.Through a qualitative investigation of the reform process in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico—the paper challenges the perspective held by many analysts of the reforms who have assumed that nor
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  Globalization, growth and poverty: building an inclusive world economy

  World Bank, 2001

  Report argues that a country's willingness to integrate into the world economy leads to large benefits for the poorest.The study shows that 24 developing countries that increased their integration into the world economy over two decades ending in the late 1990s achieved higher growth in incomes, longer life expectancy and better schooling.
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  Currency crises: theoretical and empirical overview of the 1990s

  Croatian National Bank, Croatia, 2001

  This paper provides an overview of currency crises theories, methods for crises prediction, implications of currency crises for economic policy, as well as different currency crises episodes in the 1990s, namely the Asian, Russian and Brazilian financial crises.The theoretical models of currency crises can be divided into three generations of models:first-generation models, first found
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  Is Argentina the coup de grace of the IMF’s flawed policy mission?

  Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001

  This article discusses the extent to which the Argentinian economic crisis delegitimises the IMF's promotion of free capital mobility around the globe.The article finds that:IMF's activities in Argentina, deviate radically from it's original mandate. This is because it was designed to support the U.S.
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  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the Americas

  Pan American Health Organization, 2001

  This document: outlines the current epidemiological situation in the Americasdetails progress in preventionprogress being made in national, subregional and regional responsesoutlines future challenges and opportunities such asthe need to continue strengthening the capacity for monitoring and surveillance of the HIV/AIDS/STI situation at the national and regional level
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  Resolution on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the Americas

  Pan American Health Organization, 2001

  This paper outlines the resolutions taken at the meeting of the 43rd Directive Council on AIDS in the Americas held in Washington DC between the 24 and the 28th of September 2001Considering the trends in the HIV/AIDS/STI epidemic in the Americas and their present and future impact, and recognising the need for a commitment by governments and society to respond effectively and with solidarity t
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  Women livestock managers in the third world: a focus on technical [issues]

  Gender and Household Food Security, IFAD, 1994

  There has been a significant lack of understanding and of women's role in livestock production which has consequently been largely underestimated and ignored.This report examines women's technical knowledge of and involvement in livestock production in Asia, Africa and Latin America and provides guidelines on how these issues can be incorporated in IFAD's project cycle to the benefit of rural w
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  Household food security and the role of women: IFAD's experience in Guatemala

  Gender and Household Food Security, IFAD, 1998

  This paper reviews IFAD's activities in Guatemala and analyses their effects on household food security (HFS)and the status of women.
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  Bilateralism in intellectual property

  Oxfam, 2001

  Examines the way in which bilateral trade negotiations (Bilateral Investment Treaties and Bilateral Intellectual Property Agreements) are being used by the USA and others to build more extensive protection for intellectual property than that set out in the WTO TRIPS Agreement.
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  Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

  Wageningen University, Netherlands, 2001

  Evidence suggests that major ecosystems can shift to alternative and contrasting stable states depending on environmental conditions. The authors propose a theoretical model for these shifts.

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