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Resisting corporate India
Focus on the Global South, 2007It 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.’DocumentOECD agricultural trade reforms: impact on India's prices and producers' welfare
2007This paper examines the possible impact of liberalisation of agriculture trade on small holder farmers in India. The paper analyses the impacts of removing agriculture subsidies in the European Union and United States and of import trade tariffs in India.DocumentGuatemala and Costa Rica: in and out of CAFTA
Center for International Policy, 2007In 2005 Guatemala signed onto the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the US. This report assesses the impact CAFTA has had on the Guatemalan economy. Key findings include:DocumentImpact of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Near East and North Africa
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007Some argue that free trade is good for poverty reduction. This report examines the impact of trade liberalisation on small farmers and other poor households in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. It combines a comprehensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation with four country case studies to examine the distributional impact in more depth.DocumentThe urban informal sector and poverty: effects of trade reform and capital mobility in India
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007According to conventional wisdom, economic reform is likely to reduce informal sector wages.This paper examines the contrary case of post-liberalisation India where real wages in the informal manufacturing sector have risen significantly across most states.It offers detailed empirical evidence how this wage change has affected poverty at the state level.DocumentThe long march: survey and case studies of work injuries in the Pearl River Delta Region
China Labor Watch, 2007This paper reports on an extended research project following on from a study conducted in 2005. It focuses on a survey study based on interviews with 260 injured workers from the Shenzhen metropolitan area of China between May and November 2006.DocumentAssessing the poverty impact of trade liberalisation: A critical appraisal of the computable general equilibrium approach
Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2006This paper provides a critical assessment of methods used to measure the potential impact of trade liberalisation on poverty.DocumentAssessing World Bank support for trade 1987-2004: an IEG evaluation
World Bank, 2006This report analyses the Bank's contribution to freer trade in developing countries and makes concrete recommendations on how to boost trade opportunities to better alleviate poverty in the future.DocumentThe impact of trade liberalisation on household welfare and poverty in India
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2006With the 1990s heralding the onset of the structural adjustment era, the Indian economy underwent major policy changes. The biggest challenge of India’s economic reform programme has been the liberalisation of its trade sector.DocumentThe social impacts of trade liberalisation: how can childhood poverty be reduced?
Young Lives, 2005This brief looks at the ways in which trade liberalisation can impact on children, and uses two case studies, Peru and Ethiopia, to verify how these impacts play out in practice.Pages