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    Framework for economic partnership agreement (EPAs) monitoring: engaging the grassroots

    Trade and Development Studies Centre – Trust, Zimbabwe, 2008
    There is continual criticism of the "reciprocal and non-discriminating" trade agreements to be offered by the European Union (EU) as being incompatible with WTO rules. In this paper, problems related to development and reciprocal trade are looked into. The paper is an attempt to identify issues where the grassroots can be involved and discuss how they can be involved.
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    Unity in diversity: governance adaptation in multilateral trade institutions through South-South coalition building

    South Centre, 2008
    This paper from the South Centre is concerned with the widening development gap in the setting of new international policy regimes and a changing global economic environment. Global income inequality matters for economic and social stability but also it affects how global economic governance structures function.
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    Does Africa trade less than it should, and if so, why? The role of market access and domestic factors

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    Africa’s share in world exports has declined sharply over time, which indicates an increasing marginalisation of Africa in world trade. This raises the question of whether the observed pattern of exports from Africa is consistent with the expected level of trade. This paper addresses that question, and answers it using a data set for obtaining predicted trade.
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    Assessment of trade facilitation measures implementation in selected Asia-Pacific countries

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This document presents an assessment of the implementation of trade facilitation measures related to GATT Articles V, VIII, X , in a selected five Asian and Pacific developing countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Nepal) in the context of the on-going WTO negotiations.
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    Trade policy and poverty in Peru. How do free trade agreements (FTA) impact rural poverty?

    Comercio y Pobreza en Latinoamérica, 2008
    The link between trade liberalisation and economic growth does not appear to be conclusive. For some authors, liberalisation favours economic growth, while others indicate that it is an export-led strategy, rather than the elimination of trade barriers for imports, that promotes economic growth.The key messages in this report are as follows:
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    The effect of exchange rate volatility on international trade: the implication for production networks in east Asia

    Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation, Tokyo, 2008
    This paper, based on the East Asia context, examines the consequences of the volatility of exchange rates for the development of international trade and foreign direct investments. It analyses the differences in the impact of exchange rate volatility on entering into production networks and, secondly, on trade in intermediate goods and final products. In the study, the authors:
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    Colombia’s horrific labor abuses are among a long list of reasons to oppose the Colombia FTA

    Public Citizen, 2008
    In 2008, Colombia remains the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a trade unionist. The government has not been a neutral or benevolent actor in Colombia’s human rights nightmare.
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    Agricultural trade: planting the seeds of regional liberalization in Asia

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2007
    This publication brings together papers prepared for the “Regional Agricultural Trade Liberalization” project, which was implemented by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) researchers between May 2005 and December 2006.
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    Trade and economic arrangements between India and South East Asia in the context of regional construction and globalisation

    Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi, 2007
    This paper focuses on the trade and economic arrangements between India and South East Asia (SEA) region in the context of globalisation. It argues that the association between India and South-East Asia, in particular ASEAN and its member-States reflects the overall tendencies of the emerging regional infrastructure of East Asia.
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    EPAs: which way for Malawi?

    Malawi Economic Justice Network, 2007
    This paper reports on a stakeholder meeting that took place on the 4th December 2007 to discuss the issue of making trade work for poor people in Malawi. It is particularly concerned with the signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and whether this will hinder, or contribute to Malawi’s development.

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