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  Land, Labor and Globalization in the Pre-Industrial Third World

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000

  A Third World data base documenting commodity and factor prices 1870-1940 has been collected, yielding annual time series on wage/rental ratios, land/labor ratios, the terms of trade, and other explanatory variables for: Argentina, Burma, Egypt, Japan, Korea, the Punjab, Taiwan, Thailand and Uruguay.
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  Guide to World Trading Syetem

  World Trade Net, 2000

  Intended to help firms to better understand how the multilateral trade system works and how it affects the business of export and import. Covers: TradingStrategyProductsPricingDistributionPromotion
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  Crackdown or Pause: A Chance for Forestry Reform in Cambodia

  Global Witness, 1999

  Brief analysis of the situation within Cambodia’s forestry sector, and a round up of information obtained during Global Witness’ investigations.
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  The untouchables: Forest crimes and the concessionaires - can Cambodia afford to keep them?

  Global Witness, 1999

  An historical record of concessionaire activity in Cambodian forests since 1995, and a critique of the ADB-funded concession review carried out in late 1999.Available in Word and Text verisons and in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
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  Chainsaws speak louder than words

  Global Witness, 2000

  Briefing document on Cambodian forest reforms.Document available in Word and Text formats and available in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
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  Privatising the means for survival: the commercialisation of Africa's biodiversity

  GRAIN, 2000

  Reviews the policy options open to African governments and civil society groups in resisting the appropriation of African biological resources by transnational corporations.Policy recommendations include:Build on local knowledgeAfrica's biodiversity based food and health systems should be strengthened and enhanced.
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  Regulatory Reform and International Trade Policy

  Economics Research Network, 1999

  As direct trade barriers have fallen, regulatory policy has become an increasingly important source of remaining trade distortions and international trade disputes.
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  The changing structure of transport under trade liberalisation and globalization and its impact on African development

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2000

  This article exlores the recent mainstream renaissance in interest into transport and logistics issues. The article suggests that these have become an increasingly important element in the organisation and restructuring of the globalizing economy.
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  Growth may be good for the poor: but are IMF and World Bank policies good for growth?: a closer look at the World Bank's most recent defense of its policies

  Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2000

  The WB paper claims that "growth generally does benefit the poor and that anyone who cares about the poor should favor the growth-enhancing polices of good rule of law, fiscal discipline, and openness to international trade." This CEPR’s report claims that the data from the paper do not support this conclusion.Conclusions include:economic growth in the developing world, excludin
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  Final analytic framework for assessing the environmental effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement

  NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 1999

  This framework is a tool that puts forward hypotheses suggesting relationships between trade and the environment and, in the specific context of NAFTA, provides a methodology for analysis and suggests variables for empirical study, in order to confirm or refute existing hypotheses or generate new ones.

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