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GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL LIBERALIZATION: AN IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS AT STAKE

van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; Beghin, John C. - 2004

responds to critics of trade reform (inflated gains for developing countries, no transition costs for industrial country … farmers, uncertain supply response in developing countries).Reform of agriculture and food provides 70 percent of the global … gains from merchandise trade reform of $385 billion. The global gains are shared equally among industrial and developing …

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Developing Country Trade: Implications of China’s Changing Trade and Competitiveness in Intensive and Extensive Margin Goods

Somwaru, Agapi; Tuan, Francis; Gehlhar, Mark J.; Diao, … - 2008

This paper delves into China’s differential growths in trade flows with high income and developing countries by focusing on bilateral content of trade data over the time period 1978-2005. Unlike other studies, we account for end use of traded goods ranging from primary, intermediate, and...

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The Developmental Relevance of Tariff Rate Quotas as a Market Access Instrument: An Analysis of Swiss Agricultural Imports

Khorana, Sangeeta - 2008

At present there are 1425 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) notified by member countries to the World Trade Organization. TRQs …

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Everywhere and nowhere: Nearshore software development in the context of globalisation

Abbott, PY; Jones, MR - 2007

Offshore software outsourcing, a major contributor to globally distributed work (GDW), has been identified as one of the most striking manifestations of contemporary globalisation. In particular, offshoring resonates with influential views that suggest that ICTs have rendered location...

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Evaluation of the implementation of CRM in developing countries

Almotairi, MAT - 2010

spread almost all over the world as anincreasing number of firms are implementing or planning to implement CRM. This …

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Capital structure in Saudi Arabian listed and unlisted companies

Al-Dohaiman, Mohammed S. - 2008

Although there have been many prior studies of the determinants of capital structure, most have investigated listed companies in countries with well-developed markets and institutions. The main objective of the present study is to extend prior research by investigating both listed and unlisted...

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The adoption of the Eurepgap standard by mango exporters in Piura, Peru

Kleinwechter, Uli; Grethe, Harald - 2006

The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity, especially private industry standards are often expected to have a negative impact on agricultural export sectors in developing countries. The successful adoption of standards by a...

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Wage Share, Globalization, and Crisis: The Case of the Manufacturing Industry in Korea, Mexico, and Turkey

Onaran, Özlem - 2007

The aim of this paper is to analyze the changes in the wage share in manufacturing industry in Mexico, Turkey, and Korea in the era of globalization. The focus is on the one hand over the effects of globalization on the wage share , which are measured by the effects of international trade and...

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From the Crisis of Distribution to the Distribution of the Costs of the Crisis: What Can We Learn from Previous Crises about the Effects of the Financial Crisis on Labor Share?

Onaran, Özlem - 2009

The paper analyzes the possible distributional consequences of the global crisis based on the lessons of the past crises experiences. The decline in the labor share across the globe has been a major factor that led to the current global crisis. What we are going through is a crisis of...

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Enabling Sustainability: Hierarchical Need-Based Framework for Promoting Sustainable Data Infrastructure in Developing Countries

Yawson, David O.; Armah, Frederick A.; Pappoe, Alex N.M. - 2009

"The paper presents thoughts on Sustainable Data Infrastructure (SDI)development, and its user requirements bases. It brings Maslow's motivational theory to the fore, and proposes it as a rationalization mechanism for entities (mostly governmental) that aim at realizing SDI. Maslow's theory,...

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