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Climate Change, International Trade, and Response Measures : Options for Mitigating Climate Change without Harming Developing Country Economies

Wold, Chris - 2019

The Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recognize the need for developed countries to reduce emissions but that these measures — known as response measures — could negatively impact developing economies and impede sustainable development efforts. Developing...

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Climate Litigation in the Global South : Constraints and Innovations

Setzer, Joana - 2019

Cases involving climate change have been litigated in the courts for some time, but new directions and trends have started to emerge. While the majority of climate litigation has occurred in the United States and other developed countries, cases in the Global South are growing both in terms of...

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Potential Implications of Climate Change for the Coastal Resources of Pacific Island Developing Countries and Potential Legal and Policy Responses

Burns, William C. G. - 2014

The article examines the potential impacts of climate change on coastal resources of Pacific Island Developing Counties and the responses of key institutions at the international level including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the GEF. The...

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International Assistance and Cooperation for Access to Essential Medicines

Mok, Emily A. - 2011

Access to essential medicines is a critical problem that plagues many developing countries. With a daunting number of domestic constraints technologically, economically, and otherwise, developing countries are faced with a steep uphill battle to meet the human rights obligation of providing...

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Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment : The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011

developing world. It chronicles the patterns of trade and production that contribute to this problem from the colonial period … International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) exacerbate hunger and environmental … earnings needed to finance the import of food and other necessities to fluctuating world market prices for agricultural …

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The Global Food Crisis : Law, Policy, and the Elusive Quest for Justice

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2016

The food crisis of 2008, the subsequent financial crisis, and the ongoing climate crisis have created new challenges to the attainment of global food security. This essay examines the historic and current practices that have contributed to food insecurity in developing countries, and recommends...

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For Richer or Poorer : Assessing the Criticisms Directed at the Multilateral Development Banks

Head, John W. - 2008

") - that is, the World Bank and the four regional development banks. Some of the criticisms are substantive in character …

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International Economic Law and the Right to Food

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2015

This chapter examines the historic and current policies and practices that have contributed to food insecurity in the global South. It analyzes the impact of international economic law on the patterns of trade and production that perpetuate food insecurity, and recommends concrete measures that...

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EC Incentive Arrangements for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP Plus) and WTO Law – Critical Analysis

Gruszczynski, Lukasz - 2013

obligations imposed by law of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This analysis is carried out in light of the recent WTO ruling …

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NGOs and the Legitimacy of International Development

Smyth, Sophie E. - 2012

The influence of NGOs in international development policy and practice has grown exponentially since the end of the Cold War. These NGOs' agendas now compete with donor states' in setting the priorities for international development assistance. Indeed, many NGOs now claim that the legitimacy of...

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