In understanding the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia since 2000, it is important to distinguish between two types of FTAs in terms of a legal basis on either General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Article XXIV or the Enabling Clause. The latter provision can be used...

Kurz vor dem erfolgreichen Abschluß der Uruguay-Runde des Allgemeinen Zoll- und Handelsabkommens im April 1994 wurden Forderungen nach der Einbeziehung einer Sozialklausel in das Welthandelssystem laut. Dadurch soll ein international verbindliches Mindestmaß an Sozialstandards erreicht und...

Specific research on the socio-cultural context of population programs has rarely been undertaken. If one wants fo find material on this issue, it is always related to other more general subjects such as women's status, traditional cultures, family life, health services, married women, family...