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    China Africa relations

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This study analyses the extent of China’s trade, foreign investment and aid in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study are to determine the size, composition and significance of Kenya’s exports to China, the composition and significance of imports of Kenya from China, and the composition and significance of Chinese investment in Kenya.
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    China-Africa economic relations: the case of Zambia

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    The paper aims to provide information on the size, structure and significance of China-Zambia relations. It specifically studies the nature and scope of Chinese investment in Zambia, the pattern and magnitude of trade between China and Zambia.
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    Cereal offenders: how the G8 has contributed to the global food crisis, and what they can do to stop it

    ActionAid International, 2008
    Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this policy brief, Actionaid calls on G8 leaders to take bold steps in Hokkaido to prevent world hunger spiralling further out of control.
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    Fertiliser subsidies and sustainable agricultural growth in Africa: current issues and empirical evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya

    The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2008
    The role of input subsidies in stimulating growth and addressing food security and poverty alleviation objectives has re-emerged as an important  debate in agricultural policy.
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    Aid for trade in developing countries : complex linkages for real effectiveness

    Agence française de développement, 2008
    This working paper presents the various aid-for-trade (AfT) categories. It analyses the linkages between foreign direct investment, AfT and development. It also presents a typology of trade-related needs for a panel of countries, to assist formulating aid supply strategies.
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    Food aid and the WTO: can new rules be effective?

    Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2008
    Food aid is on the menu at the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations. A potential new WTO agreement is almost certain to contain rules that will limit the circumstances under which food aid will be allowed.
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    Greater Africa-China economic cooperation: will this widen ‘policy space’?

    Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
    By the end of 2007, the Chinese Import-Export Bank had approved a total of US$ 23.9 bn in loans to Africa. Western donors have expressed significant concerns about China's growing influence Africa. This paper suggests that Africa has, in fact, the potential to benefit from economic cooperation with China.
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    Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

    The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy.
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    The Malawi fertiliser subsidy programme: politics and pragmatism

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2008
    Food insecurity in Malawi has become endemic, with around 70-80% of rural households short of self-produced staple foods for four to five months of the year. This Future Agricultures brief reviews the Malawian government's Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (FSP), introduced in 2005/2006 as a means of attempting to tackle the ever-pressing food crisis.
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    Global monitoring report 2008: MDGs and the environment: agenda for inclusive and sustainable development

    World Bank Research, 2008
    This report assesses progress and priorities in the development and environmental agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also addresses the interrelated challenges of development and environmental sustainability. Based on its assessment, the report sets out an integrated agenda for development that aims to be inclusive and sustainable.

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