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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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    Trade policies and export growth – employment and poverty impact in Tanzania

    Orebro University, 2008
    This paper is a 2-part document which examines the interplay between trade and exchange rate. It also looks at the impacts of trade reforms such as trade policies on employment and poverty in Tanzania.
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    The autobus is leaving...can the Philippines catch it?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Trying to develop the automotive industry, the Philippine government has adopted local protectionist policies for almost thirty years. However, these policies have resulted in very limited localisation as the automotive assemblers encountered difficulties.
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    Competition and development - the power of conmpetitive markets

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This paper seeks to demonstrate the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace. It touches on issues of globalisation, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalisation.
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    Food outlook: global market analysis

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008
    FAO's Food Outlook is a biannual publication (June and November) focusing on developments affecting global food and feed markets and providing comprehensive assessments and forecasts on a commodity by commodity basis.
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    Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to save civilization

    Earth Policy Institute, 2008
    This publication argues that the roots of the current environmental dilemmas lie in the enormous growth of the human enterprise over the last century. The author presents an alternative plan to save civilisation, which is ambitious not only in scale, but also in the speed with which it must be implemented.
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    Financial liberalization and domestic resource mobilization in Africa: an assessment

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    A UNDP IPC researcher examines data from 1965 to 2004 to identify the effects of different financial regimes on the financial and economic performance of a group of sub-Saharan African countries.
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    China and India - the 'emerging giants' - and Africa: a note

    Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2006
    This note sums up the growth experience of China and India and their relationship with each other. It then explores how the triangular relationship between China, India and Africa could stimulate African development through: an increasing demand for commodities stimulating African exports investment and foreign aid
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    Currency undervaluation and sovereign wealth funds: a new role for the World Trade Organization

    Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008
    Undervalued exchange rates and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) require a multilateral response. However, due to inadequate leverage and eroding legitimacy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not been effective in dealing with them.
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    Boom or bust. How commodity price volatility impedes poverty reduction, and what to do about it.

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    About two billion people, mostly in developing countries, depend on the production of primary commodities. Uncertainty induced by highly volatile prices complicates financial planning and environmental management for commodity-dependent countries and producers. Falling relative prices over the long term also contribute to their precarious position.

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