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Briefing paper

EU Association Agreements with Latin America: Good news for those in poverty?

01/05/1999

2 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

This Briefing focuses on the economic dimension of the Association Agreements under discussion between the European Union and Mercosur, Chile and Mexico. These accords will create free trade areas and cover related matters such as intellectual property rights, government procurement, trade in services and capital movements. After examining trade relations between Europe and Latin America […]

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Journal article

Beyond development, what?

01/08/1998

17 pages long

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The authors begin to outline the epic now unfolding at the grassroots, arguing that pioneering social movements are groping for their liberation from the ‘Global Project’ being imposed upon them. Going beyond the premises and promises of modernity, people at the grassroots are re-inventing or creating afresh new intellectual and institutional frameworks. As is clear […]

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Journal article

Viewpoint

01/05/1997

12 pages long

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Overview

Viewpoint. With reference to ‘Transparency for accountability: civil-society monitoring of Multilateral Development Bank anti-poverty projects’, ‘Collaboration with the South: agents of aid or solidarity?’ and ‘The wrong path: the World Bank’s Country Assistance Strategy for Mexico’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Journal article

Junto con los ninos: street children in Mexico

01/02/1997

11 pages long

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A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight in cities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions of poverty. The article looks at the experience of street […]

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Journal article

Women’s legal knowledge: a case study of Mexican urban dwellers

01/06/1995

6 pages long

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Women’s legal knowledge: a case study of Mexican urban dwellers

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Since the workshop, I have never felt that I was alone in this struggle. I feel that my ‘companeras’ in the workshop are family. I feel protected, because I know that there will always be somebody to give me a hand. And you can be sure as hell that I am going to continue working […]

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Journal article

Generating income for social change: a Mexican experiment in solidarity

01/05/1995

7 pages long

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The paper presents a brief account of a development programme in southern Mexico. DESMI AC, a Mexican NGO based in the southern state of Chiapas, provides and encourages economic and educational assistance to groups of marginalised indigenous Indians, in order to help them improve their quality of life. In the early days, DESMI’s efforts were […]

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Journal article

Fempress: a communication strategy for women

01/02/1995

5 pages long

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Fempress: a communication strategy for women

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The women’s media network Fempress unites feminists and academics through: a monthly Latin American magazine; a Press Service on women’s issues; and a Radio Press Service across Latin America. Santa Cruz shows how these goals were achieved, from Fempress’s modest start drawing together a small, disparate women’s movement. Fempress’s founding aim of unity through communication […]

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Book

Agricultural Trade and Food Security

01/01/1995

1 documents

111 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

How does a $16,000 subsidy per farmer in the U.S. translate into food insecurity for households in Cagayan Valley? How does a few percentage point rise in grains demand in South Korea drive up meat prices in the wet market of Valencia in Cotabato? This book takes us through the interaction of international trade realities […]

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Book

Women and Rights

01/01/1995

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The UN Human Rights Conference in 1993 proclaimed that ‘Women’s rights are human rights’. This book in the Focus on Gender series explores issues of women’s rights including: the legal background and history of human rights legislation

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Book

NAFTA: Poverty and Free Trade in Mexico

01/01/1995

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

NAFTA: Poverty and Free Trade in Mexico examines the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which in 1994 created the largest free-trade zone in the world, and is the first to unite countries from the developed and developing worlds. Will it lead to prosperity for all in Mexico, or will it leave the […]

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