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  Trade liberalisation, export orientation and employment in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2005

  This study describes the trade liberalisation process as well as the general patterns of trade and export performance of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and attempts to assess sectoral labour market impacts.
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  In whose name?: political representation and civil organisations in Brazil

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  Civil society actors are gaining increasing recognition, particularly for their perceived capacity to represent the needs and rights of those at grassroots level in a formal political context, and to thus act as intermediaries of the poor and vulnerable.
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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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  Regional Integration and productivity: the experiences of Brazil and Mexico

  2002

  One of the main motivations behind the free trade agreements is the hope to increase productivity. This paper evaluates the impact of integration on productivity.
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  Programa para o futuro: enabling disadvantaged youth to build new futures: a new model for employability training

  Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005

  The paper describes the process and achievements of an employment skills programme in Brazil.
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  Freshwater and poverty reduction: serving people, saving nature - an economic analysis of the livelihood impacts of freshwater conservation initiatives

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005

  Using four case studies, this report analyses how better management of freshwater resources contributes to the improvement of livelihoods of poor local communities.
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  What has been achieved, what have been the constraints and what are the future priorities for pharmaceutical product-related R&D relevant to the reproductive health needs of developing countries?

  Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health, 2005

  This paper examines the role of public and private sectors in the development of contraception and other pharmaceutical products. It also explores the obstacles to availability of these products in developing countries, as well as further research needs.
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  The responses of child labour, school enrollment, and grade repetition to the loss of parental earnings in Brazil, 1982-1999

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper examines how the loss of earnings by the head of a household in Brazil affects how his children spend their time in school and work. It opens with a simple theoretical explanation of how income shocks may lead to socially inefficient school drop-out and labour market entry by children in credit-constrained households.
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  The political economy of corporate responsibility in Brazil: social and environmental dimensions

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2004

  This paper describes the corporate social and environmental responsibility agenda (CSR) in Brazil, examines its history, identifies the factors and actors that are encouraging firms to adopt CSR initiatives, and asks whether CSR is really making a difference in terms of social and sustainable development.The main points highlighted by the paper are:since the 1970s, diverse segments of
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  Brazilian agrifood system and modern biotechnology: opportunities and perspectives

  Science and Technology Journal, 2005

  [The full document is only available in Portuguese]This paper argues that whilst modern biotechnology potentially appears as a technological option with great potential for the agrifood Brazilian system, it is facing serious challenges.

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