Intro -- Contents -- Summary -- Background and aim -- Pathways of exported textiles -- A dynamic market -- Tight margins lead to efficient use -- Significant global environmental benefits -- Local environmental impacts -- Job creation -- The potential of codes of conduct -- Impacts on domestic...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables/List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Need for Pension Reform:A Problem-Oriented Perspective -- 1.1 Public pension arrangements under adaptational pressures -- 1.2 Specific vulnerabilities of Bismarckian pension systems -- 1.3...

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