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An end to conflict diamonds?
ActionAid International, 2001
This ActionAid report introduces the background to the Kimberley Process, whereby diamond exporting and important companies agree to abide by a certification scheme that aims to exclude illicit, conflict diamonds from the world market.The author gives details of the countries that have signed up and describes what he sees as the positive aspects of the Kimberley process agreements.
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Extractive Sectors and the Poor
Oxfam, 2001
This paper examines how states that rely on oil and mineral exports address the concerns of the poor. Its central finding is that oil and mineral dependence are strongly associated with unusually bad conditions for the poor.
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The subsidy trap: British government financial support for arms exports and the defence industry
Saferworld, 2001
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On obnoxious markets
Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2001
Certain markets evoke popular discomfort, distrust and even outrage. Trade in arms, drugs, toxic waste, child labor and body parts, for example, elicits these reactions to different degrees.