Knowledge Centre : Trade : Trade Liberalisation and Poverty : CID Trade Forum: Trade Liberalisation and Poverty
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- Does trade liberalization exacerbate or reduce poverty? Trade and globalisation in the lead up to th
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By Phil Twyford, Advocacy Director, Oxfam International. This paper, given 21 February 2003, outlined Oxfam's perspective on the current opportunities for, and obstacles to, the creation of an international trading system which can aid poverty reduction (PDF, 131 Kb).
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- Draft NZAID Policy Statement on Harnessing International Trade for Development (PDF)
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By New Zealand Agency for International Development. On 21 February 2003, Matt Dalzell from NZAID spoke to NZAID's draft policy statement on harnessing international trade for development. Since the forum was held, the policy has received ministerial sign-off, and copies are available from NZAID (PDF, 254 Kb).
http://dev-zone.net/downloads/CIDTradeForum/5068Draft NZAID Trade Policy.pdf
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- Fair Trade and Development (PDF)
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By Geoff White, General Manager, Trade Aid New Zealand. This talk, given 21 February 2003, gave Trade Aid's perspective on the potential of fair trade to reduce poverty and foster sustainable development (PDF, 73 Kb).
http://dev-zone.net/downloads/CIDTradeForum/5071Fair Trade and Development.pdf
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- Trade for people (PDF)
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By Gillian Southey, Campaigns Coordinator, Christian World Service (CWS). This paper, given 21 February 2003, discussed the effects of trade liberalisation as experienced by CWS's partner organisations, and the principles underlying CWS's trade campaign (PDF, 538 Kb).
http://dev-zone.net/downloads/CIDTradeForum/5070Trade for people.pdf
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- Trade Liberalisation and Perversion of Development (PDF)
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By Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, and Trustee of Action, Research and Education Network of Aotearoa (ARENA). This talk, given on 21 February 2003, was about the linkages between the agendas of the various international economic institutions; between trade liberalisation at the multilateral, regional, and bilateral levels; and between different issues within the broad trade liberalisation agenda (PDF 188 Kb).
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- Will Trade Liberalisation Lead to the Eradication or the Exacerbation of Poverty? (PDF)
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By Claire Slatter, Member, Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), and General Coordinator, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN). This talk, given on 21 February 2003, focused on the negative effects of trade liberalisation in Pacific Island countries (PDF, 115 Kb).
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