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    Trade policies and export growth – employment and poverty impact in Tanzania

    Orebro University, 2008
    This paper is a 2-part document which examines the interplay between trade and exchange rate. It also looks at the impacts of trade reforms such as trade policies on employment and poverty in Tanzania.
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    The autobus is leaving...can the Philippines catch it?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Trying to develop the automotive industry, the Philippine government has adopted local protectionist policies for almost thirty years. However, these policies have resulted in very limited localisation as the automotive assemblers encountered difficulties.
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    Financial liberalization and domestic resource mobilization in Africa: an assessment

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    A UNDP IPC researcher examines data from 1965 to 2004 to identify the effects of different financial regimes on the financial and economic performance of a group of sub-Saharan African countries.
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    Trade justice: turning words into action

    Christian Aid, 2007
    This advocacy guide examines what is meant by trade justice, what needs to change, and how the campaign will help make poverty history. It argues that forcing liberalisation on poor countries will not help them out of poverty.
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    European centre for international political economy (ECIPE)

    The European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) is an independent and non-profit policy research think tank dedicated to trade policy and other international economic policy issues
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    Resisting corporate India

    Focus on the Global South, 2007
    It is predicted that India will be one of the economic powerhouses of the twenty-first century, with the current government focusing on the corporate sector. This collection of articles argues that progressive forces across India must unite in order to resist the current path of development focused on ‘corporate India.’
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    Latin America and the Caribbean in the world economy 2006: trends 2007

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007
    This report is the main document published annually by the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC. This year's edition provides analysis of:
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    The effect of external conditions on growth in Latin America

    International Monetary Fund, 2007
    This paper expolores the sensitivity of Latin American GDP growth to external developments using data from 1994 to 2006 on key external and Latin American variables. The paper finds that Latin American growth is robust to moderate declines in commodity prices and U.S.
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    The investment issue in trade agreements: a development perspective

    Third World Network, 2006
    This paper argues that there should not be an investment chapter in free trade agreements. If there must be such a chapter, it should take the form of cooperation in order to promote appropriate flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) between partners.
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    Mapping the trends and patterns of the metal and engineering sectors in Africa

    National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2006
    Africa’s metal industry faces a number of developmental challenges, including weak infrastructure, lack of adequate investments, skills shortage, political instability and an inequitable global market. This study explores the performance, trends and patterns of the metal and engineering sectors in Africa within their broader context.

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