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Unwanted, Unproductive and Unbalanced: Six arguments against an investment agreement at the WTO

01/05/2003

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9 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper is a response from leading UK development organisations to some specific arguments put forward in support of a multilateral investment agreement (MIA) at the WTO. Rather than reiterate all the arguments against such an agreement, it challenges some particular claims put forward by proponents of an MIA. The paper demonstrates that – despite […]

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Walk the Talk: A call to action to restore coffee farmers’ livelihoods

01/05/2003

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17 pages long

Languages: English

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There is a development crisis, with disastrous implications for producers, across coffee-growing regions. Most coffee farmers are losing money with every bag of coffee that they sell. Despite recent pronouncements by governments and coffee companies, virtually nothing has been done to resolve this worsening problem. The International Coffee Organisation/World Bank Roundtable is a major opportunity […]

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The Emperor’s New Clothes: Why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

01/04/2003

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43 pages long

Languages: English

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Despite an overcrowded agenda and the lack of progress on matters crucial to development, rich countries, especially members of the European Union, are pushing for the launch of investment negotiations at the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Cancun in September 2003. When properly regulated, foreign investment can contribute to sustainable development. However, […]

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Where is the Impact? There should be no more delay in delivering poverty and social impact analysis for World Bank and IMFsupported policy reforms in developing countries

01/04/2003

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15 pages long

Languages: English

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The World Bank and IMF continue to drive forward policy reforms in developing countries with almost no prior analysis of the likely impact on poverty. Despite repeated commitments to ensure Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is carried out on all key reforms, very little progress has been made. The Spring Meetings are a perfect […]

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A Fair Deal for Albanian Farmers

01/03/2003

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14 pages long

Languages: English

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Since the early 1990s, Albania has carried out a series of institutional, legal, economic and structural reforms to transform the once centrally planned economy into a market economy. Although many people are better off now than they were under communism, the transition to a market economy has been an uneven and paniful process.

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Iraq: Humanitarian-Military relations

01/03/2003

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12 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Humanitarian aid is most effectively delivered by civilian humanitarian agencies under UN leadership. Military involvement can compromise the effective delivery of aid and lead to unintended consequences, potentially threatening the security of civilian aid workers.

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Europe and the Coffee Crisis: A plan for action

06/02/2003

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21 pages long

Languages: English

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The recent collapse of world coffee prices was a disaster, for more than 25 million poor families. The crisis is now so deep that it is contributing to widespread hunger. The International Coffee Organisation (ICO) is addressing the crisis with plans for a Quality Improvement Programme and proposals to help hard-hit coffee farmers to find […]

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Regulating Weapons Deals: The case for European controls on arms brokers

01/02/2003

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9 pages long

Languages: English, French

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In one area, there is too little regulation in the European Union. The EU regulates everything from beaches to bananas, but not arms brokers. This is despite the fact that Europe is home to many of the world’s arms brokers responsible for arranging deliveries of weapons into countries in conflict and or into the hands […]

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Protecting Iraq’s Civilians

06/01/2003

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14 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The Iraqi people are already in a highly vulnerable situation. With Iraq’s basic infrastructures eroded by decades of war, national mismanagement and twelve years of sanctions, another war in Iraq will have devastating humanitarian consequences for the civilian population. For that reason, Oxfam remains convinced that military action is unjustifiable. One vital way to protect […]

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Education for all in Niger: Rich countries continue to neglect Africa’s children

01/01/2003

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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On 25 March senior aid officials will meet in Paris to take decisions that will dramatically affect the lives of millions of children around the world in countries like Niger. The government of Niger is committed to tackling the education crisis in a country where 1.3 million children have never been to school. But rich […]

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