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    Rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa: contemporary debates and implications for Kenyan urban workers in the 21st century

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    This CMI working paper provides an overview of rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa outlining the major strands of contemporary academic debates on this issue. There author identifies two interrelated debates for discussion.
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    Coffee, co-operatives and competition: the impact of Fair Trade

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    Impact studies looking at the effectiveness of Fair Trade initiatives on increasing the welfare of coffee producers have predominantly shown that the system is working well. This study focuses on the Fair Trade system’s use of democratically run coffee cooperatives to reach small scale producers.
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    Bilateral investment agreements: Agents of new global standards for the protection of intellectual property rights?

    GRAIN, 2004
    Developing countries have entered into a large number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) as well as free trade agreements (FTAs) that include explicit obligations for the protection of intellectual property rights as "investments".
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    Agriculture: remarkable turn-around from Cancun

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2004
    This article from the Bridges Weekly Trade Digest provides an early summary of Annex A of the 31 July WTO General Council Decision.
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    Agricultural commodity trade, dependence and poverty: an analysis of challenges facing developing countries

    European Fair Trade Association, 2003
    Looks at the challenges facing commodity dependent developing countries (CDDCs), and puts forward a set of actions that could be taken by these countries at the national and international level, to address these issues in the longer term.The key challenges analysed include:long-term declining price trendsshort term price volatilityinternational market concentration and integrati
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    Regulatory barriers in international horticultural markets

    Economic Research Service, USDA, 2004
    During the Uruguay round of negotiations in 1995 WTO members agreed to multilateral rules governing the use of sanitary and phytosanitary measures (the SPS Agreement). These aimed to ensure that measures adopted by countries ostensibly to protect plant or human health were not in fact primarily in force to shield domestic producers from competition.
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    Child labour in the tea sector in Malawi: a pilot study

    Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2003
    This report provides an overview of exisiting knowledge of child labour practices in the Malawi tea sector and explores the needs and priorities for further research.The findings of the paper include:there is clear evidence that child labour does exist in the tea sector in Malawi, contrary to the opinion of the Tea Association of Malawi and the most dominant tea sector owner in Malawi
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    Technology and globalisation: who gains when commodities are de-commodified?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004
    This paper, from the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, discusses coffee markets, growers, the chain of production and consumers in the light of globalisation and technology.Conclusions of the paper include:coffee has long been characterised as a commodity with falling terms of trade and volatile pricesthere is a growing uneven distribution of income in the globa
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    Interview with Franz Fischler, European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Fisheries

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
    This interview with Franz Fischler, the head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, looks at the implications of the recent expansion of the EU for agriculture both inside and outside the newly expanded borders.Among the areas discussed are:The direct impacts of an enlarged EU interms of increased production, modernisation, and
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    Sharing experiences on reform of agricultural research and technology and extension in Eastern Africa

    Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, 2004
    This paper describes the findings of a meeting convened to allow the directors of agricultural research in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to share their experiences of the reform of their research and technology dissemination systems.

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