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  The stabilisation of commodity markets of interest to Africa

  Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, 2004

  This paper explores some of the measures that can be taken to stabilise commodity markets, and thereby help to secure economic growth and poverty reduction. Buffer stock, management of national stocks of commodities, compensatory financing, diversification and market-based risk management instruments have been the most commonly used to address market instabilities.
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  Pakistan country report

  Global Development Network, 2002

  While Pakistan has realised a respectable growth rate during the last fifty years, it falls considerably behind those countries with which it was competing at the start of this process. This paper examines Pakistan’s growth experience with particular emphasis on key structural and policy factors that have shaped the country’s growth profile.
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  The WTO in 2003: structural shifts, state-of-play and prospects for the Doha Round

  Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, 2003

  Much has changed in the transition from the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO goes deeper and wider than its predecessor the GATT, and the Doha Round of negotiations proposes to enter territories such as investment, competition and environment-related policies.
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  Understanding reform with special reference to Africa: perspective on reform

  Global Development Network, 2004

  This paper discusses the issues that reformers need to address to improve the chances of successful implementation of major policy changes in African societies.
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  The trade, debt and finance nexus: at the cross-roads of micro- and macroeconomics

  World Trade Organization, 2004

  This paper seeks to provide some clarification of the complex relationship between trade, debt and finance, and how the WTO is part of a national and international effort to address some of the challenges raised by these relationships.The paper finds that there are a few areas of concern that should be addressed to the WTO:trade liberalisation as a source of growthfurther examinatio
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  Liberalisation of rural poverty: the Indian experience

  Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2004

  The generally accepted major goals of economic policy in India have been growth, price stability, and economic justice. A price rise signifies a fall in purchasing power, if there is no commensurate increase in income. Price rises hurt the poor more and harm the goal of social justice.
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  Global Economic Prospects 2005: trade, regionalism and development

  Prospects for Development [World Bank], 2005

  The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. Today as much as 40 percent of global trade takes place among countries that have some form of reciprocal regional trade agreement.
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  Peripheral participants in global production networks: changing dynamics in the transformation from industrial to intellectual capitalism

  Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, 2003

  What are the modernisation patterns, found in newly integrated peripheral countries and why does hierarchical coordination in global production networks persist?The paper goes against a near consensus in theoretical literature, arguing that hierarchical coordination persists in global production networks (GPNs).
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  The new Asian realism: economics and politics of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2003

  In the post-Cold War era, there has been a surge in initiatives to strengthen existing and creating new regional organisations all over the world.
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  Role of multilateral and regional trade disciplines: Kyrgyzstan’s experience

  Center for Social and Economic Research in Kyrgyzstan,, Kyrgyzstan, 2004

  This paper analyzes the process of Kyrgyzstan’s WTO accession and its impact on the republic’s economy and foreign trade balance.The author’s main finding is that the republic’s accession to the WTO did not improve the country’s imports and exports and did not lead to a significant increase in FDI.

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