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  Globalization and inequality: evidence from within China

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2001

  This paper provides a case study of the impact of globalisation on rural/urban income inequality using data across Chinese regions. Whilst the majority of studies on openness and economic inequality have used cross-country regressions, the authors argue that pooling such data neglects the inconsistencies across regions including income inequality measurements and data collection.
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  Online Governance survey report: a joint UNESCO and COMNET-IT project

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2002

  The authors define the term Governance as the process by which society steers itself.
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  China's accession to the WTO: global implications

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2002

  The paper presents an account of the implications of China's entry into the WTOImplications for the WTO: A number of developing countries believe China’s entry will favourably alter the balance among competing interests - China’s entry will thus affect the future negotiation process in the WTO in favour of the developing countriesThe expectation that China may assume a negati
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  The impact of China's accession to WTO on the exports of developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002

  This paper analyses the vulnerability of selected developing countries of China’s its entry to the WTO.General findings: In labour-intensive manufactured goods, China competes mainly with South Asian countries and a few Latin American and African countries Some Latin American and African countries may benefit from the expansion of China’s imports of foods and agricultural raw
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  The global coffee crisis: a threat to sustainable development

  International Coffee Organization, 2002

  Although the coffee business is booming in consuming developed countries, current rock bottom prices are causing immense hardship to countries where coffee is a key economic activity, as well as to the farmers who produce it.The ICO attributes the current crisis to an imbalance between supply and demand.
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  Collection of coral reef fish for aquaria: global trade, conservation issues and management strategies

  Marine Conservation Society, 2001

  The ornamental fish trade is a multi-million dollar industry, with fisheries operating all around the tropical world. Currently about 45 countries supply the market.
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  Advanced remote sensing techniques for forestry applications: a case study in Sarawak

  Treemail, 2000

  This paper describes how timber volumes can now be assessed from satellite images.The authors use an operational commercial case study of forest concessions in Sarawak to illustrate the application of the remote sensing techniques employed. The technique is expected to be used in the monitoring of carbon sequestration.
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  Brave new women of Asia: how distance education changed their lives

  Commonwealth of Learning, 2001

  The document presents a number of case studies exploring women's participation in higher education.
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  Contagion effects of the Asian crisis, policy responses and their social implications

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999

  This paper looks at the contagion effects of the 1997 Asian crisis on the Philippine economy, the policy responses, and their social implications.In discussing the impact of the Asian crisis on the Philippines, three key points are made:The impact of the Asian crisis on the Philippine economy and financial sector has been quite moderate, especially when compared to the crisis economies
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  Poverty dynamics in rural Vietnam: winners and losers during reform

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2002

  This paper analyzes poverty dynamics in Vietnam during the 'Doi Moi' renovation period and tries to identify the winners and losers from the economic and trade reform process implemented in Vietnam in the late 1980s.The authors find that movements in and out of poverty between the two periods vary substantially across population subgroups (ethnicity, location, occupation of head of household, e

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