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    Foreign direct investment and international agreements: a south perspective

    South Centre, 2001
    The case against an MAI style agreement is stronger now than when the original agreement was dismissed by the OECD.
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    Striking a balance for trade and sustainable development

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2001
    To contribute to sustainable development trade policy must be built from the bottom up through democratic processes that balance the interests of different stakeholders.
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    Agricultural and rural development policy in Latin America: new directions and new challenges (de Janvry / Sadoulet / Key)

    Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Berkeley, 1999
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    Business services in the Globalizing African economies

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
    Discusses the role of business services in the economy in general and especially in the low-income African economies. At the global level large transnational business service firms are developing global service networks linking the world’s large cities together and serving especially the large transnational companies, but apparently largely by-passing Africa.
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    Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO 2), UNEP

    Global Environment Outlook Report and Project, UNEP, 1999
    Analyses both global and regional issues: key finding is that the continued poverty of the majority of the planet's inhabitants and excessive consumption by the minority are the two major causes of environmental degradation. The present course is unsustainable and postponing action is no longer an option..
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    Trade and the environment

    World Trade Organization, 1999
    Argues that international economic integration and growth reinforce the need for sound environmental policies at the national and international level. International cooperation is particularly important in addressing transboundary and global environmental challenges beyond the control of any individual nation.Questions include: Is economic integration a threat to the environment?
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    Engendering development

    Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
    Draft Policy Research Report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies.The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty.
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    How stronger patent protection in India might affect the behavior of transnational pharmaceutical industries

    World Bank, 2000
    Paper asks: How will stronger patent rights in developing countries affect transnational corporations' behavior in and toward those countries? How will market structure and consumer welfare be affected by extending patent protection to products that could previously be freely imitated?
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    New technologies and the global race for knowledge

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999
    The recent great strides in technology present tremendous opportunities for human developmenbut achieving that potential depends on how technology is used.
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    China's Unfinished Open-Economy Reforms: Liberalisation of Services

    OECD Development Centre, 1999
    During the 1990s, China has experienced a surge in imports of services, particularly those of communication, insurance and other business services, despite the fact that the authorities have maintained a plethora of restrictive measures limiting access to the service sector.

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