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    World Economic Outlook, October 2001

    World Economic Outlook, 2001
    Scheduled issue of twice yearly economic report, includes consideration of possible effects on world economy of terrorist attack on the USA.
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    It takes two to tango: creditor co-responsibility for Argentina’s crisis and the need for independent resolution

    Jubilee Research, 2001
    The article finds that:the Argentinian foreign debt repayment situation is so serious, that Argentina can be considered to be effectively insolventArgentina's creditors must expect to take lossesbillions of dollars of private debts were nationalised and incorporated as Argentina public debt during the military regimethese debts make up a substantial element of Argentina's total
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    The ecotourism equation: measuring the impacts

    Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1998
    Series of papers and case studies on the evaluation of ecotourism initiatives, focusing on 3 issues:What Are the Impacts of Ecotourism and How Are They Measured?What Are the Parameters of Ecotourism Success?How Can Ecotourism Projects Be Successfully Designed and Implemented? Papers inlcude:Measuring the Impacts of Ecotourism on Animal Populations: A Case
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    Climate change and development

    Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2000
    Collection of essays, aiming to serve as a tool for decisionmakers in developing countries,who will have enormous responsibilities in facing climate challenges in the coming years.
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    Intellectual property rights and human rights: report of the Secretary-General

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2001
    Paper presents the positions of a variety of international organisations and non-governmental organisations (as of 29 May 2001) from:BrazilPakistanUnited Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentWorld Trade OrganisationCenter for International Environmental LawEuropean Writers' CongressGreenpeacethe German Peace and Justice CommissionInternational Associat
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    The impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights on human rights: report of the High Commissioner

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2001
    This report examines the role of the TRIPS Agreement on the promotion and protection of the right to health. It focuses on the right to health as an entry point for an analysis of the TRIPS Agreement for several reasons. First, resolution 2000/7 recognises that the TRIPS Agreement could affect the enjoyment of the right to health - in particular through its effect on access to pharmaceuticals.
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    New approaches to development co-operation: what can we learn from experience with implementing sector wide approaches?

    Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure, ODI, 2000
    Sector wide approaches (SWAps) are one of a number of recent innovations in aid practice which respond to lessons learned in the long history of development co-operation.
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    Globalisation and livelihood diversification through traditional agricultural products: the Mexico case

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001
    Paper asserts that inexorable trends towards globalisation are raising the pressure on countries to compete in international markets, or suffer increased marginalisation. At the same time, poverty reduction is growing in priority for governments and donors alike.
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    Brazil to bypass patent on costly AIDS drug

    Ethics Newsline, Institute for Global Ethics, 2001
    Brazil's health minister announced last week (gone to press on the 23 Aug) that the government would break the patent of a leading anti-AIDS drug after its manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche Inc., refused to lower its price to the level demanded by the government.Brazilian law allows a patent to be overridden if the government claims the patent holder is abusing its monopoly or in cases of national
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    The social impact of privatization and the regulation of utilities in Peru

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
    This article tries to assess the consumption and welfare impacts of privatization on Peruvian urban households.

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