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People

Population	191.6 mln
Population growth	1%
Life expectancy	72 years
Net migration	-229,000

Economy

GDP	$1313.36 bln
- per capita	$6,855
- growth rate	5%
FDI, net inflows	$34.58 bln

Infrastructure

Cellphone users	63%
Internet users	35%
High-tech exports	12%

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The Doha Declaration Ten Years on and Its Impact on Access to Medicines and the Right to Health

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This Discussion Paper briefly describes the content of the Doha Declaration and examines its implications for the realization of the right to health. The Paper discusses a number of repercussions of the Doha Declaration with regard to the international discourse on the right to health and access to medicines, and its implications within the WTO system and for national legislation. It presents some examples of use of the flexibilities confirmed by the Doha Declaration, and discusses the issue of more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Stopping the Destructive Spread of Small Arms

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The proliferation of small arms and light weapons is an immediate security challenge to individuals, societies, and states around the world and an enormous hurdle to sustainable security and development. As shown in this report, the Horn of Africa exemplifies the challenges the proliferation of small arms and light weapons pose for sustainable regional security and development. Somalia is the quintessential failed state that illustrates the cost of small arms and light weapons proliferation and more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 08, 2012

To What Extent Are High- Quality Logistics Services Trade Facilitating?

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High quality logistics services improve the competitiveness of a country’s exports by reducing the cost involved in transporting goods – especially for countries that are disadvantaged by being far from major markets. This paper investigates the role that trade logistics play in the volume and value of international trade and the extent to which poor quality logistics constitute a barrier to trade. It examines the different impact of logistics quality on goods that are transported by sea and by more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 10, 2012

Shifting Paradigm: How the BRICS Are Reshaping Global Health and Development

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The enormous and increasing influence of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) can be seen in many areas including economics, politics and culture. The economies of the BRICS have expanded significantly, and in 2011 China overtook Japan to become the second largest global economy. This report presents findings from a qualitative and quantitative survey of present and future efforts by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to improve global health. It more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 07, 2012

Export of Services: Indian Experience in Perspective

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For this paper, the authors survey India’s experience with exporting services. They show that its experience is unique in that modern tradable services are a significantly larger share of GDP than in other countries at comparable levels of economic development. This has not always been the case, however: India’s out-performance is limited to recent years. Policy initiatives, from trade reform to liberalization of domestic industrial and service sectors, were important for jump-starting the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 08, 2012

Reducing Maternal Mortality in Morocco

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As a signatory to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Morocco has committed to achieve Goal 5, to reduce maternal mortality by three-fourths between 1990 and 2015. This policy brief describes Morocco’s experience in terms of actions to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality. It reviews the development of the maternal mortality strategy, choice of interventions, and the process for implementation and monitoring.

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Sonia Hossain on May 07, 2012

Brazil’s ministry of health and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announce strategic alliance to advance innovation in global health

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The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced a strategic alliance with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to prioritize the development of solutions for pressing global health issues. This Alliance will dedicate resources to explore new ways of tackling challenges associated with vaccines, nutrition, maternal and child health, and infectious disease control."The Gates Foundation's investment in Brazil is a recognition of the Brazilian scientific capacity. Investment in research and more...

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D C on April 23, 2012

USAID's Global Health Strategic Framework

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This document sets out a strategic framework for the U.S.Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) global health sector for FY 2012–2016. It incorporates the principles of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), which form the foundation of our work, is set within USAID’s core development mission and priorities, and promotes an inclusive and integrated approach to global health across the U.S. Government for a more effective and efficient approach to sustainable global health outcomes. This more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 07, 2012

TABLE T5: NEW LIVING-WAGE GAPS 1996–2009 –IN PURCHASING POWER PARITY TERMS (PPPS)– VIS-À-VIS THE U.S. FOR ALL MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES FOR THE FOUR LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE AMERICAS (CANADA, BRAZIL, MEXICO AND ARGENTINA)

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The equalisation indices of hourly compensation costs for all manufacturing sector workers (AMWs) (blue & white collar) in Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, recorded an erosion of real wages and, thus, a widening of their wage gaps vis-à-vis equivalent U.S. workers with respect to 2008..

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Álvaro de Regil Castilla on May 04, 2012

Rio+ 20 Suffers Leadership Void Weeks Ahead Of Summit

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When a landmark U.N conference on sustainable development kicks off in Brazil mid-June, more than 120 world leaders are expected to participate in the much-ballyhooed talkfest on the future of the global environment.'But yet we haven't had a single leader who has stood up and provided a vision and direction that these talks desperately need,' complained Tim Gore of the London-based Oxfam International.Canada recently attempted to remove important human rights language from a key Food and more...

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D C on March 29, 2012

Rio + 20

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About the Rio+20 ConferenceAt the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United more...

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John Daly on April 28, 2012

¡TABLA T5: NUEVAS BRECHAS DE SALARIOS DIGNOS 1996-2009 –EN TÉRMINOS DE PARIDADES DE PODER DE COMPRA (PPCS)– RESPECTO A LOS DE EUA PARA TODOS LOS EMPLEADOS DE MANUFACTURA PARA LAS CUATRO PRINCIPALES ECONOMÍAS DE AMÉRICA (CANADÁ, BRASIL, MÉXICO Y ARGENTINA)!

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Los índices de homologación de los costos de compensación por hora para todos los trabajadores del sector manufacturero (TSMs) (empleados y obreros) en Canadá, México, Brasil y Argentina, registraron un deterioro de los salarios reales y, por tanto, una ampliación de sus brechas salariales en relación a los trabajadores equivalentes de EUA con respecto a 2008.

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Álvaro de Regil Castilla on May 04, 2012

Effects of Economic Performance and Immigration on Youth Unemployment

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The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between new arrivals from the mainland of China holding one-way permit holders (OWPH), inflation, gross domestic product (GDP) and youth unemployment. Hong Kong is expected to undergo a continuous economic slowdown and a shrinking labour market under the financial crisis. Young people, especially those with low educational attainment, low levels of skill and those continuously unemployed, will find it even harder to secure a job. more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 26, 2012

MEXICO AND LIVING WAGES: THE UTMOST EPITOMIZATION OF SOCIAL DARWINISM AS A SYSTEMIC PUBLIC POLICY

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The policies undemocratically imposed by the governments entrenched in power for the past thirty years provide irrefutable testimony of their deliberate transformation of Mexican workers into labour-bondage disposable items.This assessment arrives at a paramount conclusion: there is a deliberate policy in place to pauperise Mexico’s work force, to serve as a source of the most competitive labour cost possible in the neoliberal globalised division of labour. Such conclusion is the result of more...

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Álvaro de Regil Castilla on May 01, 2012

How to End Hunger in Times of Crises - Interview with Andrew MacMillan and Ignacio Trueba

Zunia interviewed Andrew MacMillan and Ignacio Trueba who jointly wrote the book ‘How to End Hunger in Times of Crises’ - published in both Spanish and English. In this interview, the authors discuss their thoughts on hunger eradication and sustainable farming.Zunia: In your book you mention that when governments were faced with a financial crisis, they rushed to bail out banks. Yet, with a food crisis looming, they turned down a proposal to eradicate hunger by 2025. What do you think is the more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 10, 2012

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