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Research report

Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold

14/11/2003

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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A new claim under the investment rules in Chapter 11 of NAFTA has been initiated by Glamis Gold, a Canadian mining company that has demanded $50 million in compensation from the US because of California restrictions on open-pit gold mining. The initiation of the claim reinforces the threats to environmental laws from investment rules, and […]

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Campaign report

Beyond the Headlines: An agenda for action to protect civilians in neglected conflicts

03/11/2003

3 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Since the atrocities of September 11th 2001, the leaders of the major international powers have been focused upon confronting what they perceive as the greatest threat to world security: the combination of weapons of mass destruction and international terrorism. At the 2003 G8 summit in France, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, […]

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Briefing paper

Make Trade Fair in the Americas: Agriculture, Investment and Intellectual Property: Three reasons to say no to the FTAA

01/01/2003

3 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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While poverty, inequality and the concentration of wealth persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, trade and investment agreements are being promoted that would seriously limit the possibilities of development and poverty eradication in the countries of the region. The Free Trade Area of the Americas is an agreement that would favor the interests of […]

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Briefing paper

Generic Competition, Price and Access to Medicines: The case of antiretrovirals in Uganda

10/07/2002

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Access to treatment is a key part of national strategies to combat HIV/AIDS. Antiretrovirals can increase the length and quality of life, and the productivity of patients. Research in Uganda shows that poor people will use ARVs if the price is right and if a delivery system is place. It also shows that the price […]

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Briefing paper

Eight Broken Promises: Why the WTO isn’t working for the worlds poor

01/10/2001

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Hypocrisy and double standards characterise the behaviour of industrialised countries towards poorer countries in world trade. This briefing paper identifies eight broken promises made by the rich to the poor. At the forthcoming World Trade Organisation summit in Doha, the biggest global meeting on trade since Seattle, WTO members must end the cycle of broken […]

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Briefing paper

Is the WTO Serious About Reducing World Poverty? The Development Agenda for Doha

01/10/2001

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This briefing outlines the issues which the WTO should address if it is to make an effective contribution to poverty reduction in developing countries. The paper, prepared in advance of the Ministerial Conference in Doha, argues that 1) Uruguay Round outcomes were unfair to poor countries, 2) Ministers should therefore commit the WTO to rebalance […]

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Research report

A Proposed Mine in Tambogrande, Peru: An Alternative Look

15/09/2001

2 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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“The findings of this report demonstrate that the proposed Tambo Grande openpit gold mine, if approved, is likely to have negative, long-term impacts on water quality and quantity, the general environment, and possibly agriculture. Further, claims that Manhattan Minerals and the Peruvian government have made regarding the lack of impacts cannot be substantiated by the […]

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Briefing paper

Drug Companies vs. Brazil: The threat to public health

01/05/2001

3 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat. International pharmaceutical firms, with the backing of the United States government, are trying to ensure that Brazil has to buy the expensive patented drugs that they manufacture, rather than have access to the cheaper generic drugs that […]

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Briefing paper

Patent Injustice: How world trade rules threaten the health of poor people

01/02/2001

2 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This paper shows how new global patent rules, introduced by the World Trade Organisation, will raise the costs of vital medicines, with potentially disastrous implications for poor countries. In brief, these rules require all countries to provide patent protection for a minimum of 20 years for inventions in all fields of technology, including medicines. As […]

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Book

Development and Rights

01/01/1998

2 documents

192 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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The fiftieth anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights prompts a re-examination of the links between ‘development’ and the range of economic, social, political, and cultural rights enshrined within it. Chronic poverty is a flagrant denial of what the international community once hailed as the basic rights and fundamental freedoms on which our […]

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