Regional integration and development in small states [PDF]
The author examines the impact of various trade policies for small developing states in the face of changing international trends - including globalization, the proliferation of regional integration agreements, the changing relationship between African ...
Schiff, Maurice
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Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons: Enhancing Controls on Legal Transfers. [PDF]
, 2001 yesA prerequisite for effective international action to prevent and combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW) is that states develop a common understanding of what constitutes the ¿legal¿ trade and therefore what is ¿illicit¿.
Saferworld
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The European Union preferential trade with developing countries. Total trade restrictiveness and the case of sugar [PDF]
Preferential trade agreements are a central issue in the multilateral trade liberalization process. The extent to which such agreements are effective in improving market access for developing and developed countries is important because trade ...
Conforti, Piero +4 more
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Tapol bulletin no, 123, June 1994 [PDF]
, 1994 Contents: A long hot week in Medan -- Trade unionists and workers under arrest -- Army intervention continues -- More labour movement deaths -- Anti-crime wave 'Bang, bang!' -- People's Democratic Union -- Church conflict turns violent -- Arms trade and
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Democracies, politics and arms supply: A bilateral trade equation [PDF]
Throughout the XXth century arms have not only been tradable goods, but also foreign policy instruments. This paper focuses on countries supplying major conventional weapons (MCW), and investigates whether changes in political conditions impact the ...
Margherita Comola
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Arms tracing: perspectives on control, traffic and use of illegal weapons in Colombia [PDF]
, 2009 The publication reports on an extensive research endeavour to screen small arms stockpiles that were seized from illicit non-state actors in Colombia in the course of the past 5 years. It determines the proportion of these arms that are of European Union
Andrade, Gustavo +3 more
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FREE MARKET ACCESS FOR LDCS UNDER THE EBA INITIATIVE. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS USING THE GRAVITY APPROACH [PDF]
This paper assesses the effectiveness of the Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative launched by the EU in 2001. It evaluates whether EBA was effective in increasing the exports from LDCs to the EU over the period 1995-2006. After arguing that the impact of
Francesco Aiello, Paola Cardamone
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Ammunition stocks: Promoting safe and secure storage and disposal. [PDF]
, 2004 yes[Introduction]International commitments and measures to prevent, reduce and combat uncontrolled or illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) holdings and flows are widely understood to encompass not only the weapons but also their ammunition. This
Greene, Owen J. +2 more
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Japan: Enticing arms trade [PDF]
, 2008 Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
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The determinants of intrafirm trade: Evidence from French firms [PDF]
How well does the theory of the firm explain the choice between intrafirm and arms' length trade? This paper uses firm-level import data from France to look into this question.
Corcos, G. +3 more
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