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World Trade Report 2011- The WTO and Preferential Trade Agreements: From Co-existence to Coherence
eSocialSciences; World Trade Organisation WTO - 2011
The ever-growing number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) is a prominent feature of international trade. The World Trade Report 2011 describes the historical development of PTAs and the current landscape of agreements. It examines why PTAs are established, their economic effects, and the...
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Doha or Dada: The World Trade Regime at an Historic Crossroads
Deutsch, Klaus - eSocialSciences - 2011
This study was not alone in demonstrating that a deal on the Doha Round could be of huge benefit to the global economy. Assuming plausible enhancements in the course of further negotiations, the biggest-ever round of international trade liberalisation in absolute terms could indeed be realised....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323701
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Post-Conflict Recovery: Does the Global Economy Work for Peace?
Addison, Tony - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper mainly addresses the economic dimensions, concentrating on the importance of international trade to state-building and the need for global public goods in a global market economy. The focus here is on the smaller countries emerging from civil war (particularly in Africa) rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543096
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Decent Work and the Informal Economy
Trebilcock, Anne - eSocialSciences - 2010
The ILO was founded for social justice, a mandate expressed today in terms of decent work as a global goal, for all who work, whether in formal or informal contexts. In June 2002, the delegates to the International Labour Conference from governments, workers’ and employers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677806
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Shared Goals: Measuring Overall Development in Pakistan
Birdsall, Nancy; Elhai, Wren - eSocialSciences - 2011
Five possible indicators are suggested that illustrate the type of measurable targets that could help the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788481
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Three Blind Men and an Elephant: The Case of Energy Indices to Measure Energy Security and Sustainability
Narula, Kapil; Reddy, B. Sudhakara - eSocialSciences - 2014
An 'Energy Index', which is aggregated from energy indicators is a rich source of information and is helpful in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945324
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The Evolution of Singapore Business: A Case Study Approach
Sabhlok, Anisha - eSocialSciences - 2010
detailed explanatory notes on concepts, indicators and benchmarks relevant to the analysis in the study. [Working Paper No. 10] …
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Role of Science & Technology, Higher Education and Research in Regional Socio-Economic Development
Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component technique has been adopted. For analysing the impact, a set of three indices focussing on Current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980012
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Construction and Validation of ‘Science Culture Index’ Results from Comparative Analysis of Engagement, Knowledge and Attitudes to Science: India and Europe
Shukla, Rajesh; Bauer, Martin W - eSocialSciences - 2009
Countries world-wide routinely collate statistics on STS performance indicators such as R&D expenditure, science …, but often isolated, attempts to define complementary ‘public understanding of science (PUS)’ indicators including … controversial. Thus, little progress has been achieved to explicitly combine STS performance indicators and PUS indicators in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980020
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Human Development Index for Andhra Pradesh
Bedi, Jatinder S; H, Ramachandran - eSocialSciences - 2009
considering indicators such as economic attainment, longevity and education. The estimates are worked out with and without … the analysis of data for year 2001, inequalities in all indicators were taken into consideration to measure Human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004993767