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The first Genetically Modified (GM) crops were introduced onto the market in the mid-nineties. Since then, quick but uneven developments have occurred from one continent or group of countries to another.
This analysis examines the relationship between growth, structural economic change and trade, and the meaning of 'dependency'.
Despite the gains in economic dynamism that have resulted from liberalization of international trade and financial flows in recent decades, the current globalized economy leaves a great deal to be desired.
This essay assesses the impact of economic globalization on political stability in developing countries. It defines economic globalization as the process of integration of national economies. Economic globalization is distinguished from marketization, or the extension of market-based allocation processes through liberalization, privatization, and deregulation.
A schedule and participant list for the Economic Forum.
This paper analyzes what actions could be taken in the context of the WTO Doha negotiations to assist countries to benefit from deeper trade integration.
Most of the population in developing countries depends on the production and export of primary commodities. Consequently, the economic and social development of these countries remains largely dependent on changes in world commodity markets and, in particular, on changes in commodity prices.
E-Commerce and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): The Expanding Threat of Free Trade
A look at the negative impacts of globalization and free trade from experience of deregulation of the Telecommunications industry, by Sid Shniad of the Canadian Telecommunications Workers Union.
Concerns about risks posed by transgenic agricultural crops generally focus on direct risks to human health. There is, however, a set of potential ecological risks that bears equal scrutiny. Transgenic crops designed to resist or kill herbivores, for example, may spread their genes to non-crop species, producing virulent weed species.
This report examines the winners and losers from the current world trading system.
Fish for Thought sets out the context in which ICTSD and IUCN have conceived and launched the Fisheries, International Trade, and Sustainable Development dialogues process. It aims to identify some initial key sustainable development concerns in fisheries trade.
Article from Nature documenting loss of wild salmonids due to Industrial Aquaculture
Article from Nature documenting loss of wild salmonids due to Industrial Aquaculture
Trade liberalization is not rocket science. Any program that significantly opens the domestic market to international competition will require a degree of fine tuning. Likewise, any government that maintains a liberal trade policy will be subject to occasional pressures for exception treatment, e.g., temporary protection for a particular industry.
Alaska Fisheries Journal, November 2002
Factsheet detailing the value of wild salmon and new developments that threaten the way the oceans and natural resources are managed.
On Saturday, November 3, the world's newest international treaty was adopted in Rome at the headquarters by a vote of 116-0 with two abstentions - the United States and Japan.