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    Comparing EU free trade agreements: agriculture

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004
    Free trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and its respective trading partners reinforce the Uruguay Round process on a bilateral basis.
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    International trade, livelihoods and food security in developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This paper examines the links between trade reform and food security.The paper also proposes data collection methods for countries wishing to target livelihood activities and food security. The paper makes the following main points:
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    Impact of trade liberalisation on Philippine corn prices

    SANREM CRSP West Africa, 2003
    This paper analyses Philippine corn prices and the policy environment for the crop in terms of import policies, tariffs, and other trade policies embodied in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-World Trade Organization (GATT-WTO).Comparative analysis of trends between the pre-GATT years (1990-1995) and the post-GATT years (1996-2000) was done for the highest corn-producing regions in the
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    The world economic and social survey 2003

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2003
    The World Economic and Social Survey is an annual analysis of the state of the world economy and emerging policy issues.
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    The effect of WTO and FTAA on agriculture and the rural sector in Latin America

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004
    This paper examines two alternative versions of further trade liberalisation; one representing free trade world wide, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the other a Western hemisphere free trade bloc, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
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    Agricultural trade

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999
    This briefing (3rd in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) explores issues around agricultural trade, focusing on the effects of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture on developing countries and on key issues for the next round of negotiations.Claims include:the Agreement on Agriculture began the process of establishing a framework of trade rules for agriculture simi
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    Reciprocity in the FTAA: the roles of market access, institutions and negotiating capacity

    2003
    Latin American countries can benefit from the FTAA through improved access to the region’s markets, and enhanced growth prospects through strengthening basic economic institutions.
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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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    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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