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    Trading for peace: achieving security and poverty reduction through trade in natural resources in the Great Lakes area

    Department for International Development, UK, 2009
    In October 2006, COMESA and two developmental organisations embarked on a research project “Trading for Peace”. The project sought to deepen understanding of the links between trade in natural resources, governance and stability in the Great Lakes region. Indeed, the project built collaboration at the community level and among different groups across borders.
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    Negotiating trade agreements: a formula to make it pro-poor

    Development Research Network, 2008
    This study deems that in order to make effective use of the regional and multilateral trading system, the less developed countries (LDCs) need to develop their own positive agenda. This, in turn, implies accumulating a joint effort towards capturing the initiative from the very beginning in the negotiation process. The specific objectives of the paper are:
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    Can developing countries be a new engine of growth?

    INSouth, 2009
    In spite of the global financial crisis, one third of the world economy, the developing world, continues to grow. In part, this has been possible as a result of South-South trade and investment, which has helped insulate emerging market economies from the worst aspects of the turmoil.
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    Article XXIV and RTAs: how much wiggle room for developing countries?

    South Centre, 2008
    The issue of "WTO Compatibility" of regional trade areas (RTAs) has been intensely debated ever since the days of the GATT. This paper argues for the need to insert strong special and differential treatment (S&D) treatment clauses into article XXIV, which governs RTAs but does not have a development dimension.
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    Office of the United States Trade Representative. Responding to the changing global challenge

    Center for American Progress Action Fund, 2009
    This document is the trade chapter in 'Change for America, A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President' from the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
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    Rethinking investments in natural resources: China’s emerging role in the Mekong region

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    China is establishing itself as an economic powerhouse around the world. China’s economic demand for a reliable supply of inexpensive natural resources have led to a rapid increase in Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) stretching the way to Mekong region. This policy brief aims to shed some light on China’s economic role in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
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    The missing piece in the Southern African Customs Union’s regional trading arrangements?

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    Economic integration has been promoted at the regional level throughout the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Bilaterally and cross-regionally integration, including existing and planned agreements with trading partners are also in progress.
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    Regional blocs and agricultural trade flow: the case of ASEAN

    Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences, 2008
    The efforts to gain market share for agricultural and non-agricultural goods are the main goals in today’s globalising world. However, the direction of the agricultural trade flow compared with the total trade flow can exhibit different patterns.
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    The EU-India FTA: initial observations from a development perspective

    Traidcraft, 2008
    This report examines various central aspects of the proposed European Union (EU)-India free trade agreement (FTA). It focuses particularly on the implications for several sectors of special relevance for poor people and the achievement of development goals.
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    The FTA between Peru and the USA: what about Andean peasants?

    Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social / The Economic and Social Research Consortium, 2008
    The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and the United States (US) is being promoted by the Peruvian government as a win-win situation for all. However, serious concerns about how it will impact peasants and small farmers in the Andean and the Amazonian regions of Peru need to be voiced. This opinion paper examines briefly who these poor peasants are.

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