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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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The economic North-South divide : six decades of unequal development
Raffer, Kunibert - 2004 - Pbk. ed
South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to neoliberalism, the authors finally propose ideas for a world where … Consensus' -- 5. Aid to development and the bipolar world -- 6. ODA after the Cold War : less money at tougher conditions -- 7 … -- 13. Textiles and apparel : double standards of adjustment and transition -- 14. Towards a more equal world order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852069
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Testing global interdependence : issues on trade, aid, migration and development
Aryeetey, Ernest (contributor);  … - 2007
developing and developed world and provides models of successful research conducted in developing and transition countries …
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Trade liberalization, competition and the WTO
Milner, Chris (contributor); Read, Robert (contributor) - 2002
pt. 1. Trade liberalization -- pt. 2. Competition -- pt. 3. The World Trade Organization …
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The World Trade Organization in the new global economy : trade and investment issues in the millennium round
Rugman, Alan M. (contributor); Boyd, Gavin (contributor) - 2001
Despite the disruption of the multilateral trade talks at Seattle in December 1999, the work of the World Trade …1. The World Trade Organization and the international political economy -- 2. Institutional development of the WTO -- 3 …. Agenda setting for a millennial round : challenges and opportunities -- 4. Corporations and structural linkages in world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850998
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Trading services in the global economy
Cuadrado Roura, Juan R. (contributor);  … - 2002
This book provides one of the first interdisciplinary reviews of the relationship between services, globalisation and trade liberalisation as we enter the twenty-first century. Written by academics and policymakers, it contains a detailed analysis of the characteristics of service trade and of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851453
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
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The economics of free trade
Hufbauer, Gary - 2012
drivers and constraints to freer world trade. This authoritative collection, with contributions by leading academics, includes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852206
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Globalization and transport
Button, Kenneth - 2012
), 265-76 -- Sung-Woo Lee, Dong-Wook Song and César Ducruet (2008), 'A Tale of Asia's World Ports: The Spatial Evolution in …Recommended readings (Machine generated): Levinson, M. (2006), The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World … Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Princeton: Princeton University Press. -- Mann, C. (2005), 1491: Revelations of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852280
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Agriculture, trade, and the environment : the impact of liberalization on sustainable development
Antle, John M. (ed.); Lekakis, J. N. (ed.);  … - 1998
This timely book focuses on the liberalization of agricultural policy and questions whether it is compatible with the goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the sustainability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473834