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Is There a Role for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Wachs, Brinda; Hamilton, Geoffrey - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2009
activities in South-east Europe and Central Asia. The essay ends by considering the future role of UNECE in creating a framework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016190
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Effective Foreign Aid, Economic Integration and Subsidiarity: Lessons from Europe
Chowdhury, Abdur; Garonna, Paolo - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2008
An importance source of finance for poorer economies, is foreign aid; this paper examines some controversies surrounding its provision. The advanced economies have provided hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to the developing world over the last several decades; although this has done much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016201
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Choosing Europe over Russia : What Has Ukraine Gained?
Molchanov, Mikhail - 2016
security crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. While much has been said about Russia's role in provoking the crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993894
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Thirty years of Socialist China in Portugal's Foreign Policy
Gonçalves, Arnaldo - 2012
The article looks to the status of Portugal-China bilateral relations in the context of an enormous trade deficit, the fading of Portuguese economic interests in Macao and China, and the removal of China as a vector of Portugal foreign policy. The author stresses that the causes of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116130
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SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
Evenett, Simon J (contributor); Stern, Robert M (contributor) - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Regulations and enforcement decisions that at first appear to have only a domestic impact can have substantial spillover effects on other nations' economies. Experience has shown time and again that there is no reason to expect that these effects are confined to jurisdictions at the same level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010883051
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Aid for Trade: Supporting the Use of Standards
Jachia, Lorenza - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2009
As a complementary activity to the WTO’s Doha Round of trade negotiations, the Sixth Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China, in 2005 mandated that technical assistance and capacity-building activities needed to be expanded so that developing countries could take better advantage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016189
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Discerning the Global in the European Revolutions of 1989
Armbruster, Chris - 2008
1989 as a regional transition of Central Europe only. This essay does not substitute the stultifying regional perspective …; - Nation building processes in the USSR and Eastern Europe and the consolidation of independent states;- Resistance, dissidence … has seemed dark, an age of extremes and violence defined in Europe and spreading from there. However, just before 1989, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723306
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The Main Challenges of 'Post-Rosy' Georgia's Medium Term Economic Development
Papava, Vladimer - 2013
During its independence, post-Communist Georgia has not been able to create an economic system that would serve as the basis for its sustainable economic development. Neither have the reforms conducted after the "Rose Revolution" met the expectations. A consumer economy, typical for poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083487
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Trading Costs and the Pattern of Trade in Pre-Industrial Europe
Kohn, Meir - 2001
The development of pre-industrial Europe was driven by the expansion of trade. This paper describes the patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138694
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"In Vielfalt vereint" : die wirtschaftliche Lage in den Beitrittsländern nach 20 Jahren in der EU : Zeitgespräch
Ferenc, Grega; Ragnitz, Joachim - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 104 (2024) 6, pp. 368-371
formal provisions of an accession are satisfied. A strong united Europe benefits all. …
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