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Trading Women's Health and Rights
Zed Books 2006; US$ 36.95Around the world, policymakers and civil society are debating how economic and trade policies shape public health. This edited collection adds a new dimension to this debate. It synthesizes research from a variety of disciplines to analyse how the liberalization of international trade affects reproductive health and rights. Case studies from Mexico,... more...
The Human Rights Impact of the World Trade Organisation
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 108.00Examines the impact of international trade rules on the promotion and protection of human rights, and explains why human rights are an important mechanism for assessing the social justice impact of the international trading system. more...
Preferential Trade Agreements
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 56.00This report aims to answer two major questions: (1) How beneficial are the trade preferences provided to developing countries; and (2) what are the implications of possible erosion of these benefits under multilateral trade liberalisation? The report focuses on trade preferences provided by the so-called Quad countries (Canada, the European Union,... more...
New Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 125.00This book studies the main causes, consequences and nature of the Asia-Pacific's new free trade agreement (FTA) trend, and its implications for the global economy. It explores the FTA policies of the region's trade powers and offers conceptual and theoretical perspectives on the relationship between economic bilateralism and regionalism. more...
New Frontiers in Free Trade
Cato Institute 2008; US$ 11.00Offers compelling analysis of key trends that are significantly shaping the future of free trade and international commerce and explores the spread of protectionist reactions to globalization, the swiftly rising market power of China and Asia. more...
Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations
Edward Elgar Publishing 2008; US$ 40.00This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence of the now-developed countries also illustrates this fact. With supporting empirical evidence, this book provides... more...
Trade Liberalisation and Regional Disparity in Pakistan
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 178.00Pakistan?s military, which has directly controlled the country?s affairs for more than half of its post-independence history and which often retained real political power even during periods of democratic rule, has played a significant role in trade liberalisation. Regional disparities have increased since the beginning of major trade liberalisation... more...
State Subsidies in the Global Economy
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 95.00Using figures from European Union members, the volume highlights the conditional effects of globalization, asset specificity, and domestic institutions. Far from being impotent, democratic states face politically powerful pressures to continue to shield social actors from the vagaries of the global market. more...
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 139.00A comprehensive study of recent bilateral and regional trade agreements. more...
Termites in the Trading System
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 18.99Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines here a critical light on Preferential Trade Agreements, revealing how the rapid spread of PTAs endangers the world trading system.... more...









