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  Globalisation and education: what do the trade, investment and migration literatures tell us?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This paper examines the effects of education on globalisation, and vice versa, the effects of globalisation on education, as well as looking at the role of public policies in reconciling processes of human resource development and globalisation.The main links between economic globalisation processes and education are examined by discussing and testing three issues:the quantity and quali
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  Notes on the gender perspective in financing for development and the Monterrey consensus

  United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2004

  This document argues that existing international agreements on development, especially those known as the "Monterrey Consensus" include very limited commitments on gender equality.
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  Structural change and market opening in agriculture: Turkey towards EU accession

  Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2004

  The purpose of this study is to identify major elements in the pre-accession period through a description of the agricultural environment in Turkey, together with the possible effects of accession on agriculture.
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  Trade and competition policy

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2004

  The importance of competition policy has been increasingly recognised, especially in developing countries. However, many of them still follow industrial policies that deliberately limit competition.
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  TNCs and the removal of textiles and clothing quotas

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005

  This study explores the development implications of the phasing out of the quotas on textiles that were previously fixed by the expired Multi Fibre Arrangement. It focuses on the implications for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in and exports from developing countries. It argues that the role of foreign-owned production in the textiles and clothing value chain merits attention.
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  Trade policy, income risk and welfare

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005

  This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and assesses the corresponding welfare effects. Based on data on Mexican workers it estimates individual income risk in various manufacturing sectors.
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  The effect of China and India's growth and trade liberalisation on poverty in Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  Despite the fact that trade between China, India (Asian Drivers) and Africa has grown significantly since 1990, it is only recently that attention has been paid to their impact on the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Southeast Asia Human Development Report 2005

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004

  This report links the concepts of human development, regional economic integration and regional cooperation. It argues that the high level of disparity among countries within South East Asia can be attributed to variations in human resource development and differences in the quality of governance.
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  Helsinki process papers on global economic agenda

  Helsinki Process, 2005

  This document presents a compilation of articles on the global economic agenda, broadly relating to issues of global governance, development finance, debt relief and trade.The articles include:The planet at risk: mobilizing resources for global human securityMaking sense of MDG costingBeyond HIPC: secure sustainable debt relief for poor countriesGetting to home plate: why sm
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  G8 Communique: more and better aid?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2005

  This brief assesses the G8 Communique of the 2005 summit.

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