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  Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, USDA Economics and Statistics System

  Internet service offers full text of reports and sets of statistical data:(a) Reports: full text of regular published reports from the (1) Economic Research Service (ERS): includes Situation and Ou
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  Transnational litigation manual for human rights and environmental cases in United States courts

  EarthRights International, 2006

  This manual outlines legal measures in the United States for holding corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas. The guide is directed toward non-lawyers who want to learn about this type of litigation, and possibly participate in a lawsuit.
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  Conflict diamonds: US jewelery retailers still not doing enough – summary of the US results of Global Witness and Amnesty International survey

  Global Witness, 2007

  This report presents summarises the results of a survey evaluating the regulation of “blood diamonds” in the US diamond jewellery retail sector.
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  Chinese views: breaking the stalemate on the Korean peninsula

  United States Institute of Peace, 2007

  This report looks at the North Korean nuclear crisis from the perspective of China. The report highlights the difficulty for China in balance its desire to extend its regional influence and maintaining good U.S.-China relations.
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  Labor issues and corporate responsibility in China

  US-China Business Council, 2006

  This series of articles discusses different aspects of labour conditions in China as well as United States business efforts to ensure appropriate labour and related conditions in Chinese production facilities.
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  Educational equity and public policy: comparing results from 16 countries

  UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007

  The right to education has been recognised by the international community for the last half century and has led to increasing interest in the equity of countries’ education systems.
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  Shell: use your profits to clean up your mess - report on how Shell should fund local solutions for environmental and social destruction caused by its projects

  Friends of the Earth International, 2007

  This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed.
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  Who benefits from GM crops?: an analysis of the global performance of GM crops (1996-2006)

  Friends of the Earth International, 2007

  This report discusses the global performance of genetically-modified (GM) crops. The analysis includes numerous case studies including case studies on different GM crops in the United States, soybeans in South America and GM cotton in a number of different countries.
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  Revealing clothing: transparency report card 2006 - a survey of labour standards reporting by retailers and brands selling clothes in the Canadian market

  Maquila Solidarity Network, 2006

  This report is a one-year follow up to a 2005 report assessing labour standards in the Canadian apparel industry’s supply chains.
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  Migrant networks and foreign direct investment

  World Bank Publications, 2006

  What are the effects of ethic networks on foreign direct investment (FDI)? This study investigates the link between the presence of migrants in the United States and U.S. FDI in 56 of the migrants' countries of origin.

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