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  Civil society: IISD resource guide

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1998

  Bibilography of key paper resources concerning civil society and sustainable development accompanied by short abstracts. Also details of relevant WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information Centre
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  Selected NGO reporting on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

  Corporate Watch, 1998

  Reporting from FOE, Focus, Third World Institute, Corporate Watch and others
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  Livelihoods and Security in Africa: Contending Perspectives in the New Global Order

  African Studies Quarterly, 1999

  The purpose of this article is not to make an exhaustive analysis of the security literature, but to indicate how principal theoretical perspectives today influence our thinking about peace and security in Africa.
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  The Geographic Scope of EC Aid: One or Several Development Policies?

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997

  This paper describes the origins of the EC development cooperation and its general characteristics.
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  Rebuilding Support for International Cooperation: New Constituencies in a Global Village

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997

  This paper provides a brief overview of changes in the international cooperation constistuencies that support the cooperation efforts of the European Union, its Member States, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The reasons for the changes and their impact are briefly discussed.
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  Taming the tigers: the IMF and the Asian crisis

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 1998

  Report begins by describing what actually happened in the three worst hit countries of Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea. It goes on to explore the human impact of the crisis. These chapters provide the material for a detailed analysis of the IMF’s role, and of the numerous failings in its performance to date.
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  Towards a New Partnership: Assessment of Government Performance

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1998

  Lome IV is approaching its natural conclusion. In cooperation of the EU with the ACP countries, the EU has decided to move away from what it calls a partnership dominated by a 'culture of entitlement' to a more practical, realistic and business-like partnership.
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  DFID White Paper on International Development: articles from Journal of International Development

  Journal of International Development, 1998

  Series of articles from issue 10(2) of the journal covering the UK White Paper. Including: British aid and the White Paper on International Development: dressing a wolf in sheep’s clothing in the emperor’s new clothes? Howard White Eliminating world poverty: a challenge for the 21st century.
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  The Social Consequences of the East Asian Financial Crisis

  Social Crisis in East Asia, World Bank, 1998

  What began as a currency crisis in Thailand has evolved into a social crisis across the region and beyond. Within East Asia it was initially hoped that the crisis would involve a sharp contraction and sharp recovery—a "V"-shaped response to a shock, as occurred in Mexico after the 1994/95 currency crisis.
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  Development in the Time of Globalization

  Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998

  Paper examines grounds on which a "second opinion" to the Washington Consensus may be constructed using data for a sample of 123 rich and poor nations for the period from 1960 to 1995. The historical record makes abundantly clear that international inequality has increased not only over the long haul of the past two centuries but also in recent decades.

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