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Liberalizing Agricultural Trade: Will It Ever Be a Reality? [PDF]

open access: yes
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture was signed in June 1994. It accomplished two things: it brought agricultural trade under the rules of WTO, and it set schedules for reducing barriers to trade under the three pillars of ...
McCalla, Alex F.
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CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of the Liberalization of Investment Policies on Employment and Investment of Multinational Corporations in Africa [PDF]

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There has been a remarkable shift in the attitudes towards globalization. Specifically, the discussion among academics and policymakers has shifted from whether globalization should be encouraged to how countries can position themselves to benefit from ...
Elizabeth Asiedu   +1 more
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The social life of money for children

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

Liberalism against Liberalism

open access: yes, 2006
The defence of the market and economic freedom have been the main objectives of the investigations by liberal thinkers such as Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, F Hayek and L Von Mises. Bearing in mind that the first two economists are the maximum exponents of the Chicago School and the last two of the Austrian School, it is often concluded that the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Analyzing Poverty Impact of Trade Liberalization Policies in CGE Models: Theory and Some Policy Experiments in Agricultural and Non-agricultural Sectors in South Asia [PDF]

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The paper uses a dualistic, compact and “generic” (macroeconomic) computable general equilibrium (CGE) model specially constructed for the purpose of investigating the implications of trade liberalization for poverty reduction in South Asia. The model is
Khan, haider
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Quality of Medication Abortion Services From Pharmacies and Drugstores in Ethiopia: A Two‐Stage Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the quality of medication abortion (MA) services provided in pharmacies and drugstores (‘pharmaceutical outlets’) in Ethiopia. Design A two‐stage cross‐sectional study. Setting Pharmaceutical outlets in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tesfaye Tufa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Land Market in Ukraine: Challenges of Trade Liberalization and Future Land Policy Reforms [PDF]

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Sh. Ibatullin   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

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