| 17.11.2008 |
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International Workshop: "Financial Crash, Food Speculation & Development” - Church Development Service(an Association of the Protestant Churches in Germany) and WEED - World Economy, Ecology & Development Assoc. invites you to: International Workshop "Financial Crash, Food Speculation & Development” 17th November 2008, Berlin.
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| 31.10.2008 |
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Konferenz: Coherent for development? Development check of the financing activities of the European Investment Bank - WEED organisiert im Rahmen der Kampagne Counter Balance eine Konferenz, um die Aktivitäten der Europäischen Investitionsbank außerhalb der europäischen Union genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Diskutiert werden u.a. Fragen der Kohärenz von EU Entwicklungspolitik und EIB-Projekten, welchen Beitrag die Projekte zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung, Armutsbekämpfung und Klimaschutz leisten und wie dieser Beitrag verbessert werden kann.
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| 15.10.2008 |
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Making Financial Markets Work for Development - An EED working paper for the International Follow-Up Conference To Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha, Qatar, Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2008
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| 08.10.2008 |
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Hintergrundinformation: poverty, climate and energy: the case against oil aid - Bericht zu den Hintergründen und Auswirkungen der steigenden Förderung fossiler Energieträger durch Multilaterale Entwicklungsbanken und Exportkreditagenturen - friends of the earth international; oil change international; world economy, ecology and development; jubilee south-ampdd
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| 08.09.2008 |
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Superstars In the Emperor's New Clothes - Hedge Funds & Private Equity Funds. What is at Stake? (Download Hedge & Private Equity Funds.pdf ca. 239 Kb) - This Briefing Paper analyzes the functioning of Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds and their macro economic impact with special focus on developing countries.
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| 20.07.2008 |
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Radikale Preissenkung bei WEED! Jetzt mit Sommerlektüre eindecken! - WEED radikal! Große Texte, kleine Preise! WEED bietet informative Reiselektüren für lange Zugfahrten oder den nächsten Mega-Stau ab jetzt für nur noch 2,00 Eur (WEED-Mitglieder 1,50 Eur) an.
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| 11.07.2008 |
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Armut, Klima und Energie. Argumente gegen die öffentliche Förderung des Ölsektors. - Ein Briefing von Friends of the Earth International, Oil Change International, WEED, Jubilee South - ampdd über die öffentliche Subventionierung des Ölsektors und warum diese beendet werden muss.
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| 10.04.2008 |
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Civil Society Groups Oppose World Bank’s Proposed Climate Funds - Press Release by Bretton Woods Project * Campagna Per La Riforma Della Banca Mondiale Friends of the Earth-International * Oil Change International Third World Network * World Economy, Ecology & Development
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| 05.03.2008 |
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NGO Statement on the World Bank’s Proposed Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) - Numerous NGOs welcome efforts by governments and other parties at the international, national and local levels to combat climate change and protect natural forests in the tropics and beyond. But the role of the World Bank is seriously questioned in this regard.
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| 01.02.2008 |
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New publication: On the eve of the EU-Africa-Summit - Creating a true and equal partnership? - Summary of an international conference on the state of EU Africa relations organised by WEED and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
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| 15.12.2007 |
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Greenwashing - Although the World Bank and related institutions pay lip service to progressive climate policy, in practice, they continue to promote centralised, unsustainable infrastructures. All summed up, the World Bank is standing in the way of adequate policymaking. [ By Daniela Setton ]
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| 13.12.2007 |
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No World Bank Funding for Climate Change and Poverty - At the IDA replenishment meeting in Berlin, a broad coalition of environmental and development NGOs protests the harmful policy on energy and economic conditionalities of the World Bank.
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| 24.10.2007 |
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Arbitrary Expropriation Begins at Contested Ilisu Dam Site - Press Release by WEED, Berne Declaration, Eca-Watch Austria, Kurdish Human Rights Project, FERN, Amis de la Terre, BankTrack.
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| 05.10.2007 |
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International Conference: The European Union's Financing in the Energy Sector in Africa - Which role for the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Infrastructure Partnership Trust Fund?
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| 27.09.2007 |
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Evaluation of conditions for Ilisu dam and their implementation: - NGO analysis shows that World Bank standards are grossly violated, conditions not met as expropriation starts.
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| 21.09.2007 |
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European and Korean social movements and civil society unite against the ‘Global Europe’ strategy and the South Korea-EU FTA - Civil Society Statement on the occasion of the EU-Korea free trade negotiations
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| 20.08.2007 |
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Neuerscheinung: Global Structural Policy for Africa's Development? - Taking a Hard Look at the EU Africa Strategy - Englischsprachige Dokumentation einer Tagung zur EU-Afrika-Strategie
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| 15.08.2007 |
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Non-governmental organisations condemn signing of the contracts for the Turkish Ilisu Dam - German DekaBank provides funding - Irregularities at beginning expropriation in reservoir area
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| 07.06.2007 |
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Studie: War and Occupation in Iraq - Gemeinsame Studie von Global Policy Forum, WEED und anderen NGOs zur Bilanz internationaler Rechtsverstösse durch die USA und ihre Alliierten im Irak seit Beginn des Krieges
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| 01.06.2007 |
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WEED releases fact sheets for G8-Summit in Heiligendamm - On the occasion of the G8-Summit, WEED released several fact sheets on summit topics. The fact sheets are aimed at briefly and concisely informing about G8-relevant topics and providing critical analyses.
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| 24.05.2007 |
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Banks warned to stay out of Ilisu. Further uncertainties around export credit guarantees. - Press Release by BankTrack and WEED, 24 May 2007
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| 20.05.2007 |
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Demonstration against Ilisu dam in Hasankeyf -
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| 15.05.2007 |
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Internal minutes reveal: Iraq and Syria were not consulted on Ilisu dam. -
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| 25.04.2007 |
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Iraq denies approving Ilisu Dam. Germany, Switzerland and Austria in potential violation of international law - Press Release by The Corner House and The Kurdish Human Rights Project.
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| 26.03.2007 |
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German NGOs criticize approval of export credit guarantee for Turkish Ilisu dam - Ilisu dam: Non-governmental organizations criticize German approval of export credit guarantee for Turkish Ilisu dam
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| 14.03.2007 |
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Ilisu Dam Opponents Occupy Brandenburg Gate in Berlin -
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| 02.02.2007 |
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No Public Guarantees for Environmental Degradation and Displacement! - Press release on demonstration against export credit guarantees for Turkish Ilisu dam
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| 01.02.2007 |
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Stop Unfair Trade Deals between Europe and ACP Countries - Offener Brief von über 180 europäischen NROs an die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel
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| 09.01.2007 |
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FORWARD WITH THE STRUGGLE TO STOP THE EPAs - Declaration of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Africa Trade Network, Accra, December 2006
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| 31.12.2006 |
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World Economy & Development In Brief - Please find here the current issue of World Economy & Development In Brief (WDEV) and new website articles
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| 08.12.2006 |
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Secretive Decision on Hermes guarantee for Ilisu dam - Non-governmental organisations condemn German government’s 'approval in principle’ for highly controversial Ilisu dam in Southeast Turkey
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| 29.11.2006 |
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The New Financial Architecture - a Ruin? - The presentations of the speakers on the conference "The New Financial Architecture - a Ruin?" in Berlin on 29th-30th November 2006 are now available online.
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| 30.10.2006 |
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New study on Tobin-Tax: "A Euro Solution" - A new study prooves: the tobin tax is ready to be implemented in the European Union. It can be downloaded here.
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| 05.10.2006 |
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Development Compatibility of EPAS - A critical civil society review of the EU-ACP negotiations on Regional Free Trade Agreements - International Conference in Bonn
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| 28.07.2006 |
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Brasilia Conference on Innovative Financing for Development and Plenary session of the Pilot Group on Innovative Financial Mechanisms. 6&7 July 2006 - Find a short summary here and download the pdf file
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| 28.04.2006 |
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World Economy & Development In Brief Is Out - The first issue (Apr-May 2006) of the new English information service "World Economy & Development In Brief" contents ...
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| 25.04.2006 |
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Global Structural Policy for Africa’s Development? - The European Union’s strategy on Africa examined - report from an international conference by terre des hommes, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and WEED
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| 30.03.2006 |
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A GLOBAL CALL FOR ACTION TO STOP Economic Partnership Agreements - Policy statement concluded by civil society organisations involved in the StopEPA campaign on EU ACP Economic Partnership Agreements
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| 03.03.2006 |
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Results of the conference "Innovative Instruments for Financing Development", Paris 28.02/01.03.06 - The conference produced a new dynamic for the process of "Innovative Instruments for Financing Development”. Even though we can’t call it a breakthrough yet - the commitment of the other big industry nations is still too small - there is progress...
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| 19.02.2006 |
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English WEED Ilisu Update Feb. 2006 - New Ilisu Update: The construction of the contentious Ilisu dam in Southeast Turkey is being pushed ahead!
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| 15.02.2006 |
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New Study on the Tobin Tax (CTT) +++ Neue Studie zur Tobinsteuer (CTT) - "Ready for Implementation", under this title WEED has published a new study on the Currency Transaction Tax (CTT). The authors discuss advanced economic, legal and technical aspects of a CTT and show its feasibility and desirability...
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| 08.02.2006 |
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In Whose Interest? - The European Investment Bank (EIB) in the South
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| 03.02.2006 |
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New publication: Making EPAs work for the Poor - Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and Political Alternatives
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| 13.12.2005 |
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Start of Summit Press Conference with WEED and other European NGOs - Europe’s corporate trade agenda for Hong Kong: Opening Press Conference, TUESDAY 13 December (1 p.m.), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, NGO centre, room 409
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| 02.12.2005 |
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Internationale Konferenz: Globalisierung von Finanzdienstleistungen - Im Vorfeld der WTO-Ministerkonferenz organisiert Weed eine internationale Konferenz, die sich mit der globalen Expansion von Banken, Versicherungen und Investmentfonds auseinandersetzt. Sie findet vom 2. bis 4. Dezember 2005 im Gustav-Stresemann-Institut in Bonn statt. (Meldungen) |
| 10.11.2005 |
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Materialsammlung: Internationale Handelspolitik zwischen Multi- und Bilateralismus - Eine Sammlung von Materialien, Dokumenten und Links zur gegenwärtigen Situation der Internationalen Handelspolitik zwischen Multilateralismus und Bilateralismus
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| 10.11.2005 |
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Civilian Perspective or Security Strategy? - European Development Policy Confronting New Challenges in Foreign and Security Policy.
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| 21.10.2005 |
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Free Trade as a Means for Poverty Eradication? - Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and Political Alternatives
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| 28.07.2005 |
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Stop the EU’s Corporate Trade Agenda! - A briefing by the Seattle-to-Brussels network
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| 28.07.2005 |
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Workshop: Economic Partnership Agreements and the WTO - What’s at stake for the ACP?
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| 27.07.2005 |
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Workshop: Trade Policy between Multi- & Bilateralism - A look at the EU, Brazil and Ghana
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| 03.07.2005 |
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Stamp Out Poverty - Tax the Banks - seminar/workshop at the G8 counter-conference, Sunday 3 July 2005, 10.00 - 11.45am Adam House 1, Chamber Street, Edinburgh
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| 22.06.2005 |
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Unlimited Expansions? International Seminar on Financial Services Liberalisation (22./23.06.2005) - International Seminar on the Consequences of Financial Services Liberalisation for Developing Countries
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| 07.06.2005 |
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New WEED-Paper: International Taxation - Regulating Globalisation - Financing Development, by Peter Wahl
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| 01.01.2005 |
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WEED Mission Statement - FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF GLOBALISATION!
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| 22.12.2004 |
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New Publication on the World Bank's Water Policy - King Customer? The World Bank's "new" Water Policy and its Implementation in India and Sri Lanka, Uwe Hoering and Ann Kathrin Schneider, edited by Bread for the World and WEED, 39 pages, full version and summary can be downloaded free of charge
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| 20.10.2004 |
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Neues Arbeitspapier des Seattle-2-Brussels-Network erschienen - Das europäische AktivistInnen-Netzwerk Seattle 2 Brussels hat eine Broschüre über aktuelle Tendenzen der Welthandelspolitik veröffentlicht.
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| 05.10.2004 |
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Watch out beyond the WTO: The EU’s aggressive multi-level trade agenda - Englischsprachiger Artikel zur aggressiven Mehrebene-Strategie der EU in multilateralen und bilateralen Verhandlungen mit Entwicklungsländern
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| 16.08.2004 |
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Indische NGOs fordern die Weltbank auf, ihre neue Länderstrategie zurück zu nehmen - Über 20 indische NGOs kritisieren die Weltbank aufs Schärfste
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| 29.06.2004 |
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Making the European Investment Bank work for Development - Expert Workshop: The EIBs Responsibility towards EU and International Environmental Policies
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| 07.06.2004 |
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Weltbank plant die Schwächung ihrer Umweltstandards - Mit der Verabschiedung einer neuen Strategie für Mitteleinkommensländer plant die Weltbank, die sozialen und ökologischen Standards ihrer Kreditvergabe zu schwächen.
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| 23.04.2004 |
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Why the EU Approach to Regional Trade Negotiations With Developing Countries is Bad for Development - Briefing Paper on the EPA negotiations between EU and ACP countries within the framework of the Cotonou Agreement
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| 15.04.2004 |
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Human Security and Transnational Corporations - The Entanglement of Transnational Corporations in Wars, Human Rights Violations and Tax Evasion
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| 31.03.2004 |
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New ACP-EU Trade Arrangements: New Barriers to Eradicating Poverty? - Study by GAWU, DHS, CIECA, ADEID, GRAPAD and EUROSTEP
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| 10.03.2004 |
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Effectively Investing in Water and Sanitation in ACP Countries - NGO Response on the Establishment of an EU Water Facility
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| 17.11.2003 |
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The World Bank in India: good governance? - The current world bank policy in India
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| 13.11.2003 |
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Between poverty reduction and macroeconomic stability - PRS - Structural adjustment under a new name?
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| 10.10.2003 |
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Panacea PPP - Public Private Partnerships in German Development Co-operation - Executive Summary of a WEED working paper
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| 23.09.2003 |
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A Difficult Start for Cotonou - One Year of Negotiations on new EU-ACP Regional Trade Agreements
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| 05.09.2003 |
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Financial Services in the WTO: A License to Cash In? - Working Paper by Isabel Lipke and Myriam Vander Stichele
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| 03.09.2003 |
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Call to Cancún: Halt the GATS negotiations. Take essential services, such as water, out of the WTO. - Civil Society Submission to the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 5th Ministerial Conference in Cancun, 10-14 September 2003
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| 16.05.2003 |
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Did the G8 drop the debt - Neuer Report über Schulden und G8 in englischer Sprache
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| 25.02.2003 |
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Negotiations on new ACP-EU trade - NGO-Brief an Pascal Lamy aus Anlass des 4. Treffens der EU-AKP Handelsminister in St. Lucia
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| 01.12.2002 |
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Lessons Learned? The Impact of Trade Liberalisation Policies on Countries and Regions in the South - A Collection of Evidence
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| 01.06.2002 |
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The Cotonou Agreement - New Perspektive for European Trade Policy? - Documentation
International Conference in Preparation of the Negotiations between the EU and ACP Countries on Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreements
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| 01.02.2002 |
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Impacts of trade and investment liberalisation in ACP countries - Preparation for the negotiations between the EU and ACP countries on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
Workshop organised by terre des hommes and WEED, in co-operation with the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation
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| 01.11.2001 |
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Rev. Moon and the United Nations: A challenge for the NGO community - Background Paper by Harold Paine and Birgit Gratzer
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| 10.07.2001 |
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GATS and Democracy - A Joint Publication of the Seattle to Brussels Network
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| 03.05.2001 |
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New World Conferences: New prospects for global environment and development financing? - Prospects for breaking new ground in financing. Article by Barbara Unmüßig
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| 01.06.2000 |
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GATS and e-commerce: The Service Negotiations in the WTO - Edited by the German NGO Forum Environment & Development
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| 15.05.2000 |
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Background Paper on the ACP-EU Negotiations on the Future of the Lomé Convention - 3. Edition
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| 14.11.1999 |
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EU 'Global Player' - The North-South Policy of the European Union
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| 01.07.1999 |
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Farewell to Lomé? The Impact of Neo-Liberal EU Policies on the ACP Countries - Englische Dokumentation einer internationalen Tagung von WEED, terre des hommes und der Koordination Südliches Afrika im April 1999
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| 25.04.1999 |
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Aspects of a Future Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the ACP States - Conclusions and Recommendations from the International Conference "Farewell to Lomé?" (Königswinter/ Germany, April 23-25, 1999)
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| 28.11.1998 |
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NGO Access at the UN - Article on the website of the Global Policy Forum. By James A. Paul, Executive Director
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| 29.04.1998 |
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CALL OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE REFORM OF EXPORT CREDIT AND INVESTMENT INSURANCE AGENCIES -
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