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Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and trade partners go far beyond mere elimination of tariffs to include such diverse issues as non-tariff barriers, competition legislation, investment protection, and more. Implementing such provisions requires deep institutional and...
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The Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries. There is a rush to acquire sources of alternative energy and other benefits to meet the growing demand for water and energy, while China and Myanmar have refused to cooperate fully in the Mekong River...
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been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
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This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … areas; and differences in regional rankings of deprivation and income poverty. Distinct policies for child deprivation and …
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Argentina experienced a decline in the early years of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2002, in GDP and in most labour market indicators, followed by improvements in nearly all of them, tracing out a U-shaped pattern. The international crisis of 2008 impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and...
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indicators that were not affected negatively by the economic crisis were labour earnings, the poverty indices, and household per …
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, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased …
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labour earnings went up. At the same time, poverty and inequality largely diminished. The international economic crisis had a …
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poverty and inequality indicators decreased substantially between 2000 and 2012. The only negative impact of the international …
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negatively by the crisis, and labour earnings and poverty indicators had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. …
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