Author : Phillip Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:914696534
Unpacking the GATT
Phillip Evans
Unpacking The Gatt
Unpacking The Gatt Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Unpacking The Gatt book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The Free Trade Adventure
Graham Dunkley
Author : Graham Dunkley
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1856497690
The Free Trade Adventure by Graham Dunkley Pdf
Free trade lies at the heart of the new era of globalization. This is a review of the history of 20th-century trade agreements, tracing what happened to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) before the USA pushed the world into the Uruguay Round. This renegotiation of the rules of international trade, enshrined in the World Trade Organisation agreements, is now taking free trade much further than ever before. The author examines the benefits and hidden costs of the WTO Agreements, their implications for weaker economies and their likely consequences in terms of environmental protection, labour standards and political sovereignty. Alternatives do exist, he argues, to an over-reliance on free trade. These include managed trade, fair trade and self-reliant trade. He also sets out a series of innovative proposals for reforming the WTO, IMF and World Bank.
Unpacking Transparency in Government Procurement
CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (Jaipur, India)
Author : CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (Jaipur, India)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Government purchasing
ISBN : UCSD:31822035173277
Unpacking Transparency in Government Procurement by CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (Jaipur, India) Pdf
The World Trade Organization
Bhagirath Lal Das
Author : Bhagirath Lal Das
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1856497119
The World Trade Organization by Bhagirath Lal Das Pdf
The WTO Agreements are rewriting the rules of economic intercourse between countries and forging a multilateral framework for world trade. This text presents the provisions in non-technical language, seeking not to detract from their legal precision. It explains technical terms, gives examples where appropriate and links widely-scattered provisions in the Agreements where they are connected in their operation. The guide seeks to be useful to both those who are not yet acquainted with the subject and to those still needing clarification of certain concepts, ideas and general provisions. It aims to foster an understanding of WTO Agreements, to help countries to know their rights and obligations, and industry and trade bodies to know the parameters within which they now operate.
Consumers in the Information Society: Access, Fairness and Representation
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Consumers International
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Consumer protection
ISBN : 9780956740397
Consumers in the Information Society: Access, Fairness and Representation by Anonim Pdf
World Trade Law after Neoliberalism
Andrew Lang
Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191656156
World Trade Law after Neoliberalism by Andrew Lang Pdf
The rise of economic liberalism in the latter stages of the 20th century coincided with a fundamental transformation of international economic governance, especially through the law of the World Trade Organization. In this book, Andrew Lang provides a new account of this transformation, and considers its enduring implications for international law. Against the commonly-held idea that 'neoliberal' policy prescriptions were encoded into WTO law, Lang argues that the last decades of the 20th century saw a reinvention of the international trade regime, and a reconstitution of its internal structures of knowledge. In addition, the book explores the way that resistance to economic liberalism was expressed and articulated over the same period in other areas of international law, most prominently international human rights law. It considers the promise and limitations of this form of 'inter-regime' contestation, arguing that measures to ensure greater collaboration and cooperation between regimes may fail in their objectives if they are not accompanied by a simultaneous destabilization of each regime's structures of knowledge and characteristic features. With that in mind, the book contributes to a full and productive contestation of the nature and purpose of global economic governance.
Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO
Dipankar Sengupta,Debashis Chakraborty,Pritam Banerjee
Author : Dipankar Sengupta,Debashis Chakraborty,Pritam Banerjee
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171885101
Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO by Dipankar Sengupta,Debashis Chakraborty,Pritam Banerjee Pdf
Contributed articles on commercial policy and trade regulation in India in light of WTO policy.
Local Protectionism and its Influence on the Post-WTO Market in China
Yining Ding
Author : Yining Ding
Publisher : ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783838258058
Local Protectionism and its Influence on the Post-WTO Market in China by Yining Ding Pdf
Based on an investigation of the WTO process and local protectionisms, Yining Ding's new book presents interesting research results in the following fields:- The interests of China and other countries in the WTO; - the historic and cultural background and economic incentive of regional protectionisms, the different influences of regional politicians on the reform and opening policy;- the administrative market monopoly during the transition economy and the route dependent behaviour of the reform and the local officials;- the "game" between central and local government;- the important role of Guanxi and its influence on the protective behaviour in relation to justice, abuse of administrative power, forged goods and the grabbing economy, foreign trade, and FDI; - Guanxi, rent-seeking and the structure of regional seigneur power;- the establishment of a model of different degrees of local protectionisms of sub-national governments.Yining Ding presents an empirical analysis and theoretical contributions to research on local protectionism and its influence on the post-WTO market in China and provides an overview of the Chinese status quo since accession into the WTO with up-to-date economic data. His book should serve economics majors, students in other areas with an interest in China and businessmen, investors and engineers who want to investigate or work in China well. In addition, this work should provide a guide or tool for readers to observe the current Chinese social development through different eyes.
Unpacking International Organisations
Jarle Trondal
Author : Jarle Trondal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215497384
Unpacking International Organisations by Jarle Trondal Pdf
This book introduces international bureaucracy as a key field of study for public administration and also rediscovers it as an essential ingredient in the study of international organizations. To what extent, how and why do international bureaucracies challenge and supplement the inherent Westphalian intergovernmental order based on territorial sovereignty? To what extent, how and why do international bureaucracies supplement the existing international intergovernmental order with a multi-dimensional international order subjugated by a compound set of decision-making dynamics? International bureaucracies constitute a distinct and increasingly important feature of public administration studies. However, the role of international bureaucracies has been largely neglected in most social science sub-disciplines. This book takes a first step into a third generation of international organization (IO) studies. It will be of immense value to academics in politics and international relations as well as practitioners in public administration in domestic governments and international organizations.
Prosperity for All
Matthew Hilton
Author : Matthew Hilton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Consumer behavior
ISBN : 0801475074
Prosperity for All by Matthew Hilton Pdf
In Prosperity for All, the first international history of consumer activism, Matthew Hilton shows that modern consumer advocacy reached the peak of its influence in the decades after World War II and focused on creating a more equitable marketplace.
In Plain View
J. Wachowski
Author : J. Wachowski
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426896811
In Plain View by J. Wachowski Pdf
SFX: Ker-flush That's the sound of my career going down the toilet. Three months ago, I was the freelance reporter to call for full-color images of an international crisis. Now? I'm stationed at the far edge of the Chicago flyover as a disappointing mother-sub to my eight-year-old niece and the babysitter for a newsroom College Boy. Camera still: a man in Amish clothing hanging from a tree. Dead. One photo of the lifeless man was all I needed to see—there's more to this story than anyone wants to admit. Especially Sheriff Jack Curzon, with his death-ray eyes watching my every move. I have a feeling that man wants more than my cooperation. Quick-cut, pan, tilt and—run. Someone is hiding, just out of sight. And I'll do whatever it takes to protect my new family. Seeing the truth can be dangerous... ...when evil is In Plain View. 94,000 words
Health Economics
Colette M. Kinnon
Author : Colette M. Kinnon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Medical economics
ISBN : UCBK:C054864516
Health Economics by Colette M. Kinnon Pdf
The Language of World Trade Politics
Klaus Dingwerth,Clara Weinhardt
Author : Klaus Dingwerth,Clara Weinhardt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351064644
The Language of World Trade Politics by Klaus Dingwerth,Clara Weinhardt Pdf
Outcomes in major multilateral trade negotiations are conventionally explained as resulting from interests weighted by (trading) power. Offering a different overview of the concepts we use to talk about the international trade regime, this edited collection puts the ideational foundation of world trade politics centre stage, and critically examines the terms in which we make sense of world trade politics. The concepts used to make sense of world trade politics are often employed strategically, making some aspects of reality visible and others invisible. Reflecting upon ten key concepts from ‘trade’ itself to ‘protectionism’ and ‘justice’, this book poses two broad questions: first, how and by whom have the meanings of different terms used to describe, challenge and defend world trade politics been constructed? Second, how have the individual terms changed over time, and with what consequences? The editors and contributors draw on a broad range of theoretical approaches, from post-structuralism or cognitivism to normative theory, shedding new light on why certain trade issues and agendas win out over others, who benefits from the current system of trade governance, and what contemporary challenges the World Trade Organization faces. In doing so, the book speaks to a growing and diverse constructivist literature in International Political Economy. This book will be of interest to scholars, students and policy professionals working within International Relations, International Political Economy and economics.
Sustainability Unpacked
Kristiina Vogt,Toral Patel-Weynand,Maura Shelton,Daniel J Vogt,John Gordon,Cal Mukumoto,Asep. S. Suntana,Patricia A. Roads
Author : Kristiina Vogt,Toral Patel-Weynand,Maura Shelton,Daniel J Vogt,John Gordon,Cal Mukumoto,Asep. S. Suntana,Patricia A. Roads
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136530616
Sustainability Unpacked by Kristiina Vogt,Toral Patel-Weynand,Maura Shelton,Daniel J Vogt,John Gordon,Cal Mukumoto,Asep. S. Suntana,Patricia A. Roads Pdf
Abstract: Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations. This ground-breaking book examines and decodes these elements, exploring how a range of countries make decisions regarding their energy and bio-resource consumption and procurement. The authors consider how these choices impact not only the societies and environments of those countries, but the world in general. 1. Sustainability - Clues for Positive Societal and Ecosystem Change2. Learning From the Past: Why Societies Collapsed or Survived3. Today: Decoding Country Resource Stories4. Fossil Energy Endowments and Externalities5. Forests - the Backbone and Circulatory System for Human Societies6. The Soil and Water Connection to Food: Adapt, Mitigate, or Die7. The Future: Climate Change as a Global Driver Impacting Sustainability8. Where the Past and Future meet: Soils or the Unseen Earth that Nurtures Societies9. The Ultimate Constraint to Human Sustainability: Solar IncomePART 2: Scientific Approach to Decoding SustainabilityPART 3: The Real Country StoriesPART 4. Climate and Soils: Unavoidable Constraints To Solar CapitalPART 5. Societies Adapt To a Quagmire of Resource ChoicesReferencesTo achieve this, the authors review the merits of various sustainability and environmental metrics, and then apply these to 34 countries that are ranked low, medium or high on the human development index. The book assesses their resource capacities and the environmental impacts, both within and outside their country boundaries, from consuming food, water, and energy. The final section uses the lessons derived from the earlier analyses of resource consumption to explore the importance of geography, climates and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources for building resilient societies in the future
Globalization and Access to Drugs
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
ISBN : CHI:51950871