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Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution and the US Military in Asia

Author: Pollock Sturdevant, Sandra and Brenda Stolfuz Issue: ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:44

The development impact of remittances to Nicaragua

Global workers' remittances have grown noticeably in recent years. Remittances are now a key macroeconomic factor in many developing countries, representing an increasingly large percentage of total monetary inflows. For many developing countries, remitta ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:51

Building bridges across a double divide: alliances between US and Latin American labour and NGOs

Full-text sample article FREE from Taylor & Francis. Trying to build alliances that span the divide between trade unions and NGOs as well as the divide between the North and the South might seem a utopian task. But this is exactly what an imagina ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11

A rural economic development plan to help the USA win its war on cocaine

Since the 1980s, the USA has fought cocaine in the Andes with carrots and sticks: interdiction and crop eradication wield the sticks, while Alternative Development (AD), which offers economic assistance to farmers who voluntarily abandon illicit cultiva ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-05 13:57

The Dominican Republic and Central America Free Trade Agreement with the USA: some concerns

This article examines the role of free-trade agreements that integrate profoundly asymmetrical economies in simultaneously benefiting the more powerful nation and exacerbating inequalities within and between the countries involved. The latest in a serie ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52

Challenging relations: a labour-NGO coalition to oppose the Canada-US and North American Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA), 1985-1993

In 1987-1988, a national debate erupted in Canada on the desirability of entering into a free trade agreement with the USA and its potential effect on Canadian culture, society, and national sovereignty - as well as its economy. A national coalition of la ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11

Thinking and acting outside the charitable food box: hunger and the right to food in rich societies

From a food-supply standpoint, the 30 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – the world's rich club – can reasonably claim to be self-sufficient. Issues of food access are met through publicly fund ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 10:32

Globalisation and homelessness in the USA: building a social movement to end poverty

The authors explore the deleterious effects of economic globalisation on people in the USA, and explain the rise of poor people's organisations as a response to these conditions. They look at the impact of economic changes in terms of public policy and ar ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01

Redefining development for national security: implications for civil society

The effects of counter-terrorism legislation on civil society organisations (CSOs) based in the South have received little attention in the wider literature. This article reports on the findings of a series of international workshops to examine the effe ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-12-10 14:53

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