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    The urgent need for economic transformation: subordinating the interests of finance capital to human rights

    Jubilee Research, 2001
    This article attempts to challenge the dominance of finance capital in our global economy.The article stresses that if we wish to avoid a return to the deflationary era of the 1920's and 1930's, then some means must be found to discipline international financial capital.
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    Ownership and conditionality

    International Monetary Fund, 2001
    This speech was given before the IMF International Policy Dialogue conference.The speech indicates that:the IMF is moving to a more focused approach to conditionality to increase its effectiveness while giving maximum scope for national ownershipunder this approach, policy reforms that are critical for a program to achieve its macroeconomic objectives will be included under conditio
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    Agricultural biotechnology research capacity in four developing countries

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1999
    Paper reports on ISNAR biotechnology research indicator survey of four national agricultural research systems (Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe) aimed at providing an overview of their agricultural biotechnology research capacities.
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    Structural adjustment and forest resources: the impact of World Bank operations

    World Bank, 2001
    This article looks into the effect structural adjustment has had on forest resources. The article indicates that structural adjustment operations have often been controversial because they are explicitly political.
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    Intellectual property needs and expectations of traditional knowledge holders

    World Intellectual Property Organization, 2000
    This Report presents information compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from nine fact-finding missions on the intellectual property (IP) needs and expectations of holders of traditional knowledge (TK).The first section of the chapter "Framing the Intellectual Property Needs and Expectations of Traditional Knowledge Holders " provides a basic and general introduction to
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    Rwanda: the search for security and human rights abuses

    Human Rights Watch, 2001
    This article investigates the violence, human rights abuses and security situation in Rwanda.The article finds that:despite unresolved questions about massive killings of civilians in the Congo and in northwestern Rwanda and its continuing poor human rights record, the Rwandan government enjoys substantial international support.
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    The debate on the international financial architecture: reforming the reformers

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000
    This paper briefly surveys the progress made in various areas of reform of the international financial architecture since the outbreak of the East Asian crisis, and explains the principal technical and political obstacles encountered in carrying out fundamental changes capable of dealing with global and systemic instability.
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    Seeking protection: addressing sexual and domestic violence in Tanzania's refugee camps

    Human Rights Watch, 2000
    Documents UNHCR's and the Tanzanian host government's failure to address violence against women refugees in a timely and effective manner, despite ample evidence that women's lives were in danger in their homes and in the general camp community.Recommendations:UNHCR needs to ensure a more institutionalised response if it is to address consistently and effectively the protection n
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    Are women really the "fairer" sex?: corruption and women in government

    Gendernet, World Bank, 1999
    Tests the hypothesis that women are be more trust-worthy and public-spirited than men, and should therefore be particularly effective in promoting honest government.Consistent with this hypothesis, this paper find that the greater the representation of women in parliament, the lower the level of corruption.
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    A gender perspective for conflict management

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2000
    This paper aims to draw attention to a variety of strategies aimed at increasing the involvement of women in decision-making processes during peacekeeping missions and reconstruction. The paper looks at women's roles in the process of conflict management, preventive diplomacy and peace-building.

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