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Export processing zones: a Caribbean development dilemma

The author describes incentives used by governments to attract foreign investment and create export processing zones (EPZs), also known as special economic or free trade zones. The low cost of labour, mostly provided by women, is one of these incentives. ...

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

Trade liberalisation in the garment industry: who is really benefiting?

World trade is increasingly conditioned by the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In the case of the garment industry this means the phasing out of the Multifibre Arrangement, which has dominated trade in textiles and garments since 1974. This p ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08

Reinventing Government for the Twenty-First Century: State Capacity in a Globalizing Society

Author:  Rondinelli, Dennis A. and G. Shabir Cheema (eds.) Publisher:  Bloomfiel ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:48

Culture and Development in a Globalizing World: Geographies, Actors and Paradigms

Author:  Radcliffe, Sarah A. (ed.) Publisher:  Oxford: Routledge, Taylor & F ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:46

How can the poor benefit from private investment in agricultural research? A case study from Bolivia

This article evaluates potential mechanisms for facilitating increased private sector engagement in agricultural research for development and technology transfer (ARDTT), with particular emphasis on Bolivia. It reviews the mixed results of efforts, in dev ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:50

Aquaculture in Vietnam: perspectives and development

Thanks to the range of natural resources and the wealth of human capital, Vietnam is well placed to develop its aquaculture sector. Although it is one of the world’s largest producers of seafoods, Vietnam faces environmental and food security problems, an ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02

Development and the Private Sector: Consuming Interests

Edited by:  Eade, Deborah Edited by:  Sayer, John ...

Book - admin - 2010-01-04 15:06

Globalisation and labour: The new ‘Great Transformation’

Author:  Munck, Ronaldo Publisher:  London: Zed Books, 2002, ISBN: 1 8427 7071 3 ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49

The links between food security and seed security: facts and fiction that guide response

The food price crisis has led to assumptions that food price rises are due to inadequate food production, and that such food insecurity is linked to seed insecurity. Hence, in response to high food prices, seed resources worth hundreds of millions of US ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-15 16:01

The World Conference on Sustainable Tourism

This conference, held in Lanzarote in April 1995, attracted delegates from NGOs, academic institutions, governments and the private sector, although representatives from the largest airlines, holiday companies and hotel groups were conspicuous by their ab ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55