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    The OECD Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI): update

    Oxfam, 1998
    The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) is a new investment treaty being negotiated between the world's industrialised countries in the OECD. This briefing paper explains why Oxfam believes that the draft MAI falls far short of establishing a fair framework of rules governing international investment.
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    Open regionalism

    Institute for International Economics, USA, 1997
    “Open regionalism” represents an effort to resolve one of the central problems of contemporary trade policy: how to achieve compatibility between the explosion of regional trading arrangements around the world and the global trading system as embodied in the World Trade Organization.
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    The costs and benefits of Korean Unification

    Institute for International Economics, USA, 1997
    "We construct the Korean Integration Model (KIM), a two-country computable general equilibrium (CGE) model linking the North and South Korean economies. Using KIM, we simulate the impact of a customs union and a monetary union of the two economies both in the presence and absence of cross-border factor mobility, treating technological transfer in three ways.
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    Tax burden and migration : a political economy perspective

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997
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    Reducing corruption

    World Bank Policy and Research Bulletin, 1997
    An effective state can contribute powerfully to sustainable development and the reduction of poverty. But there is no guarantee that state intervention will benefit society
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    Tibetan Women Oppression and Discrimination in occupied Tibet

    Office of Tibet, Government of Tibet in Exile, 1999
    Report highlights the particular concerns of Tibetan women inside Tibet and those living as refugees in exile. This report also ncludes a list of recommendations which, it is hoped, will serve as inputs to thediscussions for the Draft Platform.
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    Making debt relief work: a test of political will

    Oxfam, 1998
    Two years ago the adoption by the Governing Boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative appeared to signal the beginning of the end of the debt crisis in the world's poorest countries.
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    Water resources managment: IISD resource guide

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999
    List of important document (with abstract) and related WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information Centre
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    Civil society: IISD resource guide

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1998
    Bibilography of key paper resources concerning civil society and sustainable development accompanied by short abstracts. Also details of relevant WWW sites. Prepared by IISD Information Centre
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    White Paper on Water Policy, South Africa

    African Water Page, 1999

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