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    From conflict to reconstruction: reviving the social contract

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
    What explains conflict, its intensity, and its duration? What are the chances of achieving a durable peace?
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    Draft ministerial declaration: proposal from a group of developing countries.

    World Trade Organization, 2001
    Draft proposal by a grouping of less developed and developing countries for a declaration at the fourth WTO ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar. Outlines the general position of those countries with respect to implementation of the TRIPS agreement. The same URL has links to the contrasting developed countries draft proposal along with reporting on the discussion.
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    The economic crisis and child labour in Indonesia

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2000
    The economic crisis has imposed a tremendous burden on households in Indonesia but much of the cost of adjustment among children has been hidden from public scrutiny.This paper reviews the impact of the financial and economic crisis on child workers in Indonesia and discusses government responses to the crisis and policy initiatives which the government, international agencies and NGOs might co
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    Child labour in the developed economies

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2001
    Whilst much attention is directed toward the controversial issues surrounding child labour in developing countries, the purpose of this report is to focus on the role of working children in the developed countries. The author argues that there are two main reasons to examine the situation of working children in the developed world:the historical problems associated with child labour bee
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    Geography, economic policy and regional development in China

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2001
    This article investigates the effects of geography and policy on provincial growth rates in 1996–99 in China.The article finds that:coastal metropolises experienced far greater growth than the province-level metropolisescoastal provinces are subject to preferential policies which are largely deregulation policies that allowed coastal Chinese provinces to integrate into the internati
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    Banking, financial integration, and international crises: an overview

    Banco Central de Chile / Central Bank of Chile, 2001
    This document offers a summary of new research on the relationship among institutions, financial development, economic growth, financial integration, and the likelihood of boom-bust cycles and banking crises. The paper shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult and costly for emerging market economies to oppose international financial integration.
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    Localism in Thailand: a study of globalisation and its discontents

    Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1999
    This article indicates that the discontent over perceived negative impacts arising from liberalisation and globalisation need to be more carefully considered.The article finds that:the critiques emanating from non-governmental organisations and social movements are considered to be amongst the most significantan example of a critique of globalisation is localism.
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    UK: China relations: the UK Government dimension

    Ethical Trading Initiative, UK, 2000
    In seeking to apply codes of conduct to trade with China, poducers and importers become aware of the influence of the many different branches and levels of the Chinese government and the fact that the UK has a number of official connections with China. What are the principal UK policies towards, and programmes in, China? Which branches of the UK government are involved?
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    Governance in China: What are the implications for ethical trading?

    Ethical Trading Initiative, UK, 1999
    How does China's system of governance work? What is the relationship between the system of governance (legal system, public authority and enterprise structures) and labour standards issues encountered by ETI members and others involved with China?This is the report of a DFID / ETI seminar held on 2 September 1999
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    Economic growth in East Asia before and after the financial crisis

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2001
    This report questions the belief that East Asian countries will return to growth rates "that would have prevailed" without crisis.

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