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- Race to the bottom? The presidential candidates' positions on trade
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Only when the American people are free to exchange goods unimpeded by the often faulty judgment of politicians will freedom and prosperity prevail." IN RECENT MONTHS, the economy has been in the headlines and in the sights of politicians seeking the presidency. Particularly on the Democratic...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- From Stabilization to Marketization: The Political Economy of Reforms in Azerbaijan
- Abstract: The author analyzes the process of reform started in post-Soviet Azerbaijan from the political economy perspective. He reviews the literature on the political economy of transition and presents the political-economic history of transition in Azerbaijan in three stages based on political developments. The author introduces and applies relevant indexes...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Doha deal still 'possible' with concessions: Bush
- WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush said Friday his administration is prepared to make "serious concessions" to help achieve a global trade liberalization pact if other countries reciprocate. Bush said after talks with Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd that he remains committed to the foundering Doha Round of...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Faster Integration Of Services Markets Could Lead To Huge Benefits,Says World Bank.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 February 2008-WORLD BANK GROUP: Faster Integration Of Services Markets Could Lead To Huge Benefits,Says World BankC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31012008 GENEVA -- Liberalization of services trade could produce large benefits for developed and developing countries alike, says...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- The international dimensions of authoritarian regime stability: Jordan in the post-Cold War era
- INTRODUCTION EXPLAINING THE RESILIENCE OF authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa has become an urgent question for comparative political scholars. (1) Few Arab political regimes pass democracy's most basic electoral litmus test--inclusive contestation and public participation in free, fair, and regular elections for offices of executive authority--much...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Alternatives to neo-liberalism in the Third World.(Features)
- The Third World has entered an era of ideological flux. The inadequacies of neo-liberalism have spawned a widespread questioning of this dominant worldview. Intellectuals and political movements search for an alternative path that offers the hope of a more desirable, yet practicable, future. In response, the...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- China says EU, US obstacles biggest 'sticking point' in Doha round
- BEIJING AFP — Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said Monday the biggest "sticking point" in the Doha Round of global trade liberalization talks are obstacles put up by the United States and European Union. Bo said the talks had addressed issues of concern to developed countries such as the...
- Research articles 2007-03-12
- Norm-based behavior and corporate malpractice
- Jeffrey Skilling held high-level posts in Enron until a few months before it filed for bankruptcy at the end of 2001. When he was a master's degree student at Harvard, one of his professors asked him what he would do if he knew the company he worked for were selling...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Turkmenistan votes for successor to eccentric dictator
- ASHGABAT AFP — Turkmenistan will hold a presidential election to choose a successor to totalitarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov, kindling hopes of a political thaw in the Central Asian state despite expectations that the vote will be rigged. Current interim leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is seen as guaranteed to beat his...
- Research articles 2007-02-10
- British report critical of EU economy structure: report
- LONDON AFP — The British finance ministry is set to publish a report that argues that the European economy remains structurally rigid and needs further liberalization, the Financial Times reported. The publication of the 70-page report comes as British finance minister Gordon Brown was set to attend a meeting...
- Research articles 2007-01-29
- July 1 D-Day for EU utility liberalization.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2007-DATAMONITOR: July 1 D-Day for EU utility liberalizationC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25012007 London - July 1 2007 is the deadline for European Union member states to comply with the second phase of European energy liberalization, but according to...
- Research articles 2007-01-24
- Broadband and liberalization critical in shaping IDC's 2006 predictions for Middle East and North Africa telecoms markets.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2006-IDC: Broadband and liberalization critical in shaping IDC's 2006 predictions for Middle East and North Africa telecoms marketsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24012006 DUBAI - The technology investments of the past two years will bear fruit in the telecommunications...
- Research articles 2006-01-24
- SKorean police chief tenders resignation over fatal beatings of farmers
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea's police chief tendered his resignation over two farmers who were beaten to death by police last month during a violent protest against trade liberalization in Seoul. Huh Joon-Young, commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency, offered his resignation after apologizing for the fatal...
- Research articles 2005-12-28
- Clashes overshadow meagre trade gains as WTO talks enter final day
- HONG KONG AFP — Deadlocked talks on freeing up global commerce entered their final day, with officials desperately searching for a solution and Hong Kong reeling from the worst violence it has seen in decades. As World Trade Organisation WTO delegates worked through the night, police reinforced a ring...
- Research articles 2005-12-16
- Mandelson suggests EU could accept end to export subsidies by 2013
- HONG KONG AFP — EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has said that an end to EU agricultural export subsidies in 2010 would be unacceptable to the European Union but hinted that an alternative date, 2013, would be negotiable. Mandelson was commenting on a draft text on trade liberalization being...
- Research articles 2005-12-17
- Trade reforms would reduce poverty more quickly in some countries than others, says World Bank study.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 December 2005-WORLD BANK: Trade reforms would reduce poverty more quickly in some countries than others, says World Bank studyC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08122005 WASHINGTON - An "ambitious" agreement in the WTO's Doha Development Round of trade talks would reduce...
- Research articles 2005-12-09
- Organisation for economic co-operation and development area agricultural policies and the interests of developing countries
- When the state of affairs in the international trading order is discussed there is general agreement that agriculture lags behind other sectors, and that even after the significant progress made in the Uruguay Round, further major efforts are required to open markets in agriculture and reduce trade distortions. Many reasons...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- The impact of institutions on economic growth: the case of transition economies
- Economic transition, a phenomenon that has marked the development of the bigger part of Europe in the past decade, is above all a problem of coordination. Economic transition is a process of institutional change, a process of building new institutions required by a capitalist economy. Transition brought about the overnight...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Koizumi tweaks economic team, names new trade minister
- TOKYO AFP — Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tweaked his top economic team in a move seen as bolstering his reform drive, naming a new trade minister just weeks ahead of key global trade liberalization talks. As part of a wider cabinet reshuffle, Koizumi reappointed Sadakazu Tanigaki to the...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- China's aviation sector must liberalize to meet market demand: EU
- BEIJING AFP — The European Union urged China to free up its aviation industry, the fastest growing in the world, saying only through liberalization can the sector meet booming market demand. "We must seize the opportunity to make rapid progress in all areas, including ... expansion of the number...
- Research articles 2005-06-30
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