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China's accession to the WTO: impact on ethnic women in minority rural areas
Country Analytic Work, 2004This study assesses the exact impact of the WTO entry on the minority women in ethnic rural areas in China.DocumentSix fallacies associated with agricultural liberalisation debunked
Columbia University Library, 2004This paper aims to identify and subsequently debunk what it considers to be fundamental fallacies in the discourse on agricultural liberalisation.The myths identified by the paper are, as it is argued, held by a wide variety of actors, including the World Bank but also development NGOs such as Oxfam.DocumentPlanting the rights seed: a human rights perspective on agriculture trade and the WTO
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005The report critically examines the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Agriculture (AoA).DocumentIncorporating gender considerations for the designation of special products in WTO agriculture negotiations
International Gender and Trade Network, 2005This paper puts forward some reflections and recommendations in regard to the current situation of women in agriculture and the need to integrate gender-sensitive trade policies in negotiating processes in order to ease negative impacts of trade liberalisation, particularly for small farmers and rural poor, women being a significant percentage within those groups.In particular, the paper focuseDocumentCorporate conquest, global geopolitics: intellectual property rights and bilateral investment treaties
GRAIN, 2005This paper examines how bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) which contain specific investment provisions reflect geopolitical concerns as well as economic ones.DocumentAssessing the impact of structural adjustment programs on women and gender relations within the household: the case of Kabale district
Network of Ugandan Researchers and Research Users, 2002This study attempts to assess the different impacts of structural changes in Uganda during the 1980s and 1990s on men and women. It draws on quantitative data from interviews conducted in 100 households in Kabale district, on women’s, men’s and children’s performance of various tasks, time use, resource allocation and income levels.DocumentWorld Trade Report 2004
World Trade Organization, 2004The World Trade Report (WTR) is the second annual publication in the WTO Secretariat. It seeks to deepen public understanding of current trade policy issues and to contribute to more informed consideration of the options facing governments. The main topic of the Report this year is coherence.DocumentThe impact of market liberalisation on the Lake Victoria fishery
Network of Ugandan Researchers and Research Users, 2002This report analyses the effects of market liberalisation on the Lake Victoria fishery in Uganda, drawing on a review of secondary literature, a field survey, and statistical analysis. It attempts to establish the relationship between annual exploitable fish stocks, the amount of effort allocated to fishing activity in the area, and fish price changes during 1976-2002.DocumentTowards a US-Indonesia free trade agreement
Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004This paper examines current trade relations and issues between the US and Indonesia and attempts to assess the possible effects of a free trade agreement between the two countries.DocumentSpecial and differential treatment in the WTO agricultural negotiations
Trinity College, Dublin, 2005This paper examines the case for special and differential (S&D) treatment for developing countries within the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and the particular instruments or exemptions which such a treatment should contain.It highlights that experience to date with the implementation of the AoA has revealed a number of major shortcomings:the huge imbalance in the amount of trade-diPages