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Research report

Extractive Sectors and the Poor

01/10/2001

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Extractives

Overview

This paper examines how states that rely on oil and mineral exports address the concerns of the poor. Its central finding is that oil and mineral dependence are strongly associated with unusually bad conditions for the poor. To explain this link, it draws on both original econometric analyses, and recent academic studies.

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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

Keywords

Extractives

Overview

“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

Formula for Fairness: Patient rights before patent rights

05/07/2001

2 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – the new twenty-year patent regime that the World Trade Organization (WTO) requires all member states to implement – is likely to keep prices of vital new medicines higher than they otherwise would be and thereby exacerbate the vast health disparities between rich and poor […]

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Journal article

Democracy and social participation in Latin American cities

01/05/2001

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Democratisation, structural adjustment, state reform (including decentralisation), and liberalisation of the economy (including privatisation) have brought about dramatic changes in the nations, societies, and cities of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). As central governments devolve greater responsibilities to them, local governments are obliged to perform new roles and strengthen their managerial capacity to cope […]

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Journal article

TNCs: aid agents for the new millennium?

01/02/2001

13 pages long

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Overview

Until very recently private capital flows to developing countries have been growing rapidly. In the wake of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, foreign direct investment has been identified as a vital ingredient to restore and invigorate the economies in the Asian region and beyond. In an attempt to attract overseas capital and to stimulate […]

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Briefing paper

Harnessing Trade for Development

01/09/2000

2 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Trade policy

Overview

World trade rules have been developed by the rich and powerful on the basis of their narrow commercial interests. Rich countries and powerful corporations have captured a disproportionate share of the benefits of trade, leaving developing countries and poor people worse off. Trade rules should be judged on their contribution to poverty reduction, respect for […]

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Journal article

NGOs as development partners to the corporates: child football stitchers in Pakistan

01/08/2000

13 pages long

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Overview

Interest in partnerships between international NGOs and the corporate sector is growing as both sectors see their roles changing in response to increasing consumer awareness about social, environmental, and human rights issues. This article presents the case of the partnership between the sports goods industry, The Save the Children Fund (SCF), and various international and […]

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Journal article

Dissonance or dialogue: changing relations with the corporate sector

01/08/2000

6 pages long

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Overview

In recent years, both the corporate sector and civil society organisations, particularly international NGOs, have become more influential in shaping development debates and policies. There is increasing awareness within the corporate sector of the need to demonstrate social responsibility; and growing acceptance among NGOs that business is essential to the economic growth which will fuel […]

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Journal article

Public sector trade unions in the face of privatisation

01/11/1999

12 pages long

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Overview

This paper looks at the nature and extent of privatisation around the world, including an analysis of the bodies or interests which promote this ‘panacea’ policy. It identifies a number of responses which public sector trade unions have made to such policies, especially where these have been ideologically driven. It offers some examples of ways […]

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Journal article

Privatisation, multinationals, and corruption

01/11/1999

18 pages long

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Overview

Recent initiatives from the OECD, the World Bank, and others on the subject of corruption have received widespread attention. However, the author argues that the incidence of corruption is closely connected with contracting-out, concessions, and privatisation, where multinationals based in OECD countries stand to gain profitable business. The encouragement of privatisation by the World Bank, […]

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