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    On export rivalry and the greening of agriculture: the role of eco-labels

    European Development Research Network, 2004
    As part of the second academic EUDN Conference on "Trade, aid, FDI and international migration" this paper examines the trade and environment debate with a special focus on the role of eco-labeling for agricultural exports.An empirical investigation offers the following results:while developing countries in Western Europe have used eco-labeling for a long time already, the spread of thi
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    Learning to export: evidence form Moroccan manufacturing

    European Development Research Network, 2004
    As part of the second academic EUDN Conference on "Trade, aid, FDI and international migration" this paper explores the export learning process of Moroccan manufacturers.
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    Diaspora, migration and development in the Caribbean

    Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2004
    This paper examines the developmental impact of the growth of the diasporic economy on Caribbean countries, focusing on the issues of remittances, diasporic exports, brain drain, as well as the new health and security risks associated with migration and mobile populations.It asks whether the benefits of migration such as remittances, diasporic exports and the vent of surplus population redress
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    Regional Integration and Development (Overview)

    World Bank, 2003
    This document offers an overview of 'Regional Integration and Development' - a publication that followed a research project on the effects of regional integration on development, carried out at the World Bank.'Regional Integration and Development' deals with the following issues:how to make the most of RIAs the impact of RIAs on investment and foreign direct investment the dy
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    Trade, environment and development: the recent Argentine experience

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004
    This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on the environment in both the manufacturing and the agricultural sectors in Argentina.
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    Globalisation, urbanisation and changing food systems in developing countries

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004
    As part of the FAO ‘State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004’, this chapter explores how the profound demographic and economic changes are rapidly transforming food systems and the scope and nature of nutritional challenges in the developing world.Key findings of the study include:following rapid urbanisation, rising income and rapid growth in imports of wheat and other commodities, t
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    The currency transaction tax: enhancing financial stability and financing development

    The Tobin Tax Network, 2004
    The purpose of this report explores how the present currency transaction tax (CTT) proposition is not only possible but eminently desirable.
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    The macroeconomic impact of remittances in Ghana

    Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004
    This paper presents Balance of Payments (BOP) estimates of private remittances for Ghana.
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    Taxation and the political agenda, north and south

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2004
    Compared to their prominence in OECD countries, taxation issues appear infrequently on public political agendas in most Southern countries.
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    Which policies can reduce the cost of capital in Southern Africa?

    OECD Development Centre, 2004
    This policy brief discusses policies to reduce the cost of capital in Southern African countries, which has been extremely high in recent years and has subsequently presented a major strain on the Southern African economies.The brief finds that lowering interest rates and, thus, the cost of borrowing in the rand zone (Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa) is a priority to promote invest

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