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  GATS negotiations must focus on services liberalization: the case of SADC

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper argues that for trade liberalization in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region to have any meaning it is important that services liberalization keep pace with trade liberalization.
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  Impact of trade liberalisation on lives and livelihood of mountain communities in the northern areas of Pakistan

  South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2002

  This paper examines the impacts of economic liberalisation, in particular the Agreement on Agriculture and TRIPs on mountain communities in northern Pakistan. It examines a) how these create new opportunities and threats affecting farmers rights, and b) what coping strategies have been developed in response.
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  The WTO promotes trade strongly, but unevenly

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  The paper argues that GATT/WTO has had a powerful and positive impact on trade, but finds that the impact has been uneven between developing and developed countries, between new and old developing country members and between sectors:GATT/WTO membership for industrial countries has been associated with a large increase in imports, but the same has not been true for developing country member
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  State hegemony, macro effects and private enterprise in Malawi

  Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2002

  This paper examines the cause and effect relationship between public sector expansion and macroeconomic aggregates, and their implications for private enterprise.
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  Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.
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  Global economic prospects 2004: realising the development promise of the Doha agenda

  Prospects for Development [World Bank], 2003

  This report presents a detailed overview of the world economy, and the near-term outlook. It also analyses central elements of the Doha Agenda that are important to developing countries.The overview of the world economy projects anaemic growth of 1.5 percent in 2003 in the industrialised world. It foresees better performance next year, as industrial countries' growth rises to 2.5 percent.
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  Trade, specialisation and growth: a preliminary assessment of the Brazilian experience in the nineties

  Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2003

  This paper examines the effects of trade liberalisation on Brazilian exports in the 1990s. In particular it examines the relationship between trade liberalisation and the pattern of specialisation.
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  Reaching sustainable food security for all by 2020: Getting the priorities and responsibilities right

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  As part of its 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has articulated a vision of what the world should look like in 2020: It describes a world free from poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and unsustainable natural resource management.This document presents the outcomes of a conference which considered the driving
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  Trade liberalisation and poverty reduction in Lao PDR

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003

  This paper analyses the policies that the government in LAO PDR is currently proposing as a means of ensuring that benefits of further opening of the economy are more equally shared. The author argues that opening an economy to international trade helps to raise the rate of growth of GDP and on average, the poor's share in GDP growth in equal proportions to the rest of society.
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  Trade Liberalisation and the Crop Sector in Bangladesh

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2003

  The liberalisation of the crop sector in Bangladesh will affect more than just production and imports. As the source of staple food, livelihood and employment for millions of people, changes in the crop sector could have far-reaching impacts on poverty and welfare. This paper addresses some of these issues and their implications.

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