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The advance of economic globalization has led many academics, policy-makers and activists to warn that it leads to a 'race to the bottom.' In a world increasingly free of restrictions on trade and capital flows, developing nations that cut public services risk detrimental effects to the populace. Conventional wisdom suggests that it is the poorer members of these societies who stand to lose the most from these pressures on welfare protections, but...

Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this analysis, the author looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral wealth, and how they can turn oil from a curse into a blessing. He traces the oil curse to the upheaval of the 1970s, when oil prices soared and governments across the developing...

A paradigm shift has occurred since the founding of the World Bank over half a century ago, representing a new awareness of how reduction-of-poverty programs impact the daily lives of the people they aim to help. The people themselves are making their voices heard. Global public opinion in the form of online activists, the findings of research groups such as Columbia University's Earth Institute, and the UN's 1998 Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities...

Constitutes the voice of a great teacher who has managed to replace the melancholic and despairing discourse of the post-modern Left with possibility and human compassion. "Educational Theory."

Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart disease during times of bad fiscal policy.

Looks inside the workings of the World Bank and global development under the leadership of James Wolfensohn, examining the role of the World Bank in a new era of globalization and international terrorism.

Contains a selection of 22 articles that have been published in the International labour review between 1996 and 2000 on many dimensions of women, gender and work--Preface.

Across Africa, lobbyists, philanthropists and businessmen are working to open up the continent to GMO food. They argue that GMOs can provide a miracle solution to two of Africa's biggest problems: famine and malaria. The main promoters is Bill Gates, now the head of the most powerful philanthropic foundation in history. This program reveals how the Gates Foundation became the main funder of genetic experiments underway on the continent and investigates...

Focuses on practical approaches for improving labour standards in a more integrated global economy. Examines both what is has been achieved and what more needs to be done to ensure that steady and tangible progress towards universal respect for core labour standards is made. While concluding that the ILO should have primary responsibility for labour standards, also suggests that WTO should consider how to address egregious and willful violations of...

The world's trade regime is promoted by international agencies and most governments as the best way to lift the poor out of poverty and achieve sustainable development. Is this true? This reassessment looks in detail at the way it has worked under the GATT and how it can be improved.