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  The role of the IMF: a guide to the reports

  International Labour Organization, 2000

  Many of the discussions on a new international financial architecture that were spawned by the east Asian crisis have dealt with the future role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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  Fin(d)ing our way on trade and labor standards?

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  With the impasse over whether and how to link labor standards and trade agreements stretching into its eighth year, attention has turned to "monetary assessments," or fines, as alternatives to trade sanctions.Fines have the advantage of adding "teeth" to agreements on labor standards without impeding trade and may be more palatable to developing countries than trade measures.
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  The ILO and enforcement of core labor standards

  International Labour Organization, 2000

  Emphasises that linkage between trade policy and labor standards clearly exists.
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  How is trade protectionism to be measured

  Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, 2001

  This article begins by examining direct measures of trade barriers, and then analyses the measures seeking to evaluate the economic impact of protectionism.
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  Intellectual property rights regime necessary for traditional livestock raisers

  Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 2001

  This article discusses the need to recognize the intellectual property rights (IPRs) of pastoralists and other traditional domestic animal raisers in the light of the growing interest in making use of the genetic traits of indigenous livestock breeds.The article laments the growing extinction of local breeds.
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  In between biodiversity conservation and Intellectual Property Rights: an analysis of the economic motives of TRIPs and the implementation of sui generis systems

  Genetic Engineering & Intellectual Property Rights Resource Center, 2000

  Paper disputes the assumption that access to genetic resources, foreign investment and technology transfer will in turn benefit developing countries, stimulate their participation in the world market and facilitate their development.Conclusions:implementation costs of TRIPs in developing countries are very high compared to the benefitsTRIPs disregards the moral values in deve
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  Intellectual property rights: ultimate control of agricultural R&D in Asia

  Genetic Engineering & Intellectual Property Rights Resource Center, 2001

  Discusses the pressure on Asian countries to adopt plant variety protection (PVP) systems based on Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants UPOV.
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  Implausible denial: why the drug giants' arguments on patents don't stack up

  Oxfam, 2001

  This paper sets out the counter-arguments to Oxfam’s demand that patent protection should take into account national economic and health circumstances, and explains why Oxfam believes they are unconvincing.Criticisms and recommendations:Whilst patents play an important role in generating incentives for research and development (R&D), the super-profits which patents generate are c
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  Trade policy and economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa

  Expert Group on Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 1998

  Focuses on the role of trade and trade policy in achieving sustained long-term growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.Conclusion: too much focus on "outward orientation" and "openness" can be counterproductive, if it diverts policymakers' attention away from the growth fundamentals and treats trade rather than economic growth as a yardstick of success.Rodrik gives a list of more specific conc
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  Reaching out for small-scale farmers

  Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2000

  Themed edition of Monitor assessing aspects of biotechnology in development.

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