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Globalization and the challenge to democracy
Rehman SobhanThis paper argues that the process of globalization represents an involuntary constraint on the sovereignty of decision making in a country. To this extent globalization may…
China's rural poverty and its entry to the WTO
Clem TisdellBegins by considering trends in the incidence of rural poverty in China, comparing China and India. Although the incidence of rural poverty in China declined generally, such…
Youth restiveness and violence in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Implications and suggested solutions
Nseabasi S. Akpan, Emmanuel M. AkpabioThe Niger Delta is a region in Nigeria endowed with enormous natural resources of which petroleum oil is the most exploited. This petroleum oil has been the engine of development…
Economic integration of poor countries: Obstacles and prospects
Ransford W. Palmer, Dawn Richards ElliottThis paper examines the principal factors affecting the growth of intra‐group trade for four Latin American and Caribbean economic groups. Its findings suggest that the share of a…
Interactive conflict management: An alternative methology to address social conflict at a local level
Bishnu Raj UpretiConflict is an inevitable part of any society. It often alters the social relations in society. Effective management of conflict requires an improvement in distorted social…
Clive Hamilton: Growth Fetish
John LodewijksClive Hamilton provides an assault on free market ideology and the ‘depredations of neoliberalism’ in affluent countries. He alleges that ‘Laissez‐faire capitalism has been marked…
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