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    Why liberalization alone has not improved agricultural productivity in Zambia: the role of asset ownership and working capital constraints

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    In the early 1990s, Zambia initiated an ambitious program of liberalization that significantly opened the economy, shifting from a highly regulated and centralized to a more market-based and liberal economic paradigm.
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    Engendering development

    Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
    Draft Policy Research Report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies.The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty.
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    Crackdown or Pause: A Chance for Forestry Reform in Cambodia

    Global Witness, 1999
    Brief analysis of the situation within Cambodia’s forestry sector, and a round up of information obtained during Global Witness’ investigations.
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    The untouchables: Forest crimes and the concessionaires - can Cambodia afford to keep them?

    Global Witness, 1999
    An historical record of concessionaire activity in Cambodian forests since 1995, and a critique of the ADB-funded concession review carried out in late 1999.Available in Word and Text verisons and in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
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    Chainsaws speak louder than words

    Global Witness, 2000
    Briefing document on Cambodian forest reforms.Document available in Word and Text formats and available in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
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    Privatising the means for survival: the commercialisation of Africa's biodiversity

    GRAIN, 2000
    Reviews the policy options open to African governments and civil society groups in resisting the appropriation of African biological resources by transnational corporations.Policy recommendations include:Build on local knowledgeAfrica's biodiversity based food and health systems should be strengthened and enhanced.
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    Biodiversity conservation and use: local and global considerations

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2000
    Based on field research in the Andes and Amazonia, this paper questions the ability of global intellectual property rights over life forms to improve the livelihood and development of the powerless indigenous and peasant people. Instead, the cross-cultural expansion of the public domain over biodiversity flows and biotechnological processes seems a critical task.
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    Public plant breeding in an era of privatisation

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000
    In an era of increasing privatisation, this paper examines The possibilities and limitations associated with revenue generation through public plant breedingThe opportunities for moving the products of public plant breeding through the private sectorThe need for increased contacts with, and contributions from, private research.Paper concludes the following:Increasing th
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    Assessing the relationship between property rights and technology adoption in smallholder agriculture: a review of issues & empirical methods

    CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2000
    This paper identifies key issues and develops guidelines for conducting research on the relationships between property rights and technology adoption in smallholder agriculture.The topics addressed in the paper are: definition of scope and termskey issues pertaining to the relationships between technology adoption and property rights variables data collection and measurement iss
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    Fin(d)ing our way on trade and labor standards?

    International Labour Organization, 2001
    With the impasse over whether and how to link labor standards and trade agreements stretching into its eighth year, attention has turned to "monetary assessments," or fines, as alternatives to trade sanctions.Fines have the advantage of adding "teeth" to agreements on labor standards without impeding trade and may be more palatable to developing countries than trade measures.

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