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Global Carbon Pricing Among Countries With Different Economic Prospects

cepe.ethz.ch –

In this paper, the authors estimate regional carbon prices that are based on regional cost-benefit analysis and strict liability of countries for damages caused by their emissions. The estimates indicate a big gap between the carbon prices chosen by oecd countries and those of other countries. Because regional carbon pricing is probably neither feasible nor desirable we introduce transfer payments to make a globally uniform carbon price more acceptable. It is estimated that OECD countries would more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 22, 2012

Energy and Human Rights

iai.it –

The EU has been divided on how to frame its relations with resource-rich dictatorships. While energy security and the promotion of democracy/human rights are both foreign policy priorities, Brussels has frequently been criticized for trading the latter for its energy interests. In the case of Turkmenistan, negotiations on the Trans- Caspian pipeline have gone ahead without the inclusion of normative conditions. There are however dissenting voices in the EU which advocate the application of more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 22, 2012

European Union shifts emphasis of development aid

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The EU's development ministers met on May 14, 2012 in Brussels to discuss the future of EU development policy. Central to their discussions were a greater emphasis on human rights and good governance plus the phasing-out of aid to countries that can finance their own development.The EU's development ministers welcomed the resumption of EU aid to Burma in order to support the reforms there. In this connection, Mr Knapen called on the Commission to exercise caution: time will tell whether the more...

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D C on May 17, 2012

The case of recent negotiations on the global strategy on Public health, innovation and intellectual Property

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The financial burden of the expenditure in medicines in most of the developing countries falls on the individuals and not on the health insurances (private or public) as occurs in the developed countries. In countries where the per capita income (PCI) is less than 1,000 US dollars per year individuals, as well as the State will not be able to bear the cost of an antiretroviral treatment at a cost of 4,000 to 5,000 US dollars per year. According to World Bank figures, one billion people more...

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D C on May 17, 2012

Agricultural policy (AP2011) Reform and the WTO: Potential Impacts on Swiss Agriculture

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This article analyzes the impact of the planned Swiss package of agricultural policy measures AP2011 and the tariff reductions scheduled as part of the WTO Doha Round, with special emphasis on effects in the dairy and meat sector. The simulations are carried out using an extended partial equilibrium model. This article discusses the anticipated impact of changing structural conditions on production, processing, consumption, prices and exports in the milk market. If account is taken of the more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 10, 2011

The price of motherhood: women and part-time work

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Over the last 30 years, female employment has become increasingly important in maintaining the living standards of households on low to middle incomes (LMIs). Female employment falls significantly behind some of our international competitors among women over 50 and women with children. To find out more about the nature of the choices women face when opting for part-time work, this report presents the results of a survey conducted by the Resolution Foundation in partnership with Netmums, the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 21, 2012

Equal Rights, Unequal Opportunities

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Funded by UN Women, this paper sets out to explore some of the dynamics of women’s participation as candidates and voters in Afghanistan’s 2005 and 2009/10 parliamentary and PC elections, focusing on their personal experiences of taking part and how they compared across different elections, their perceptions on the importance and nature of the process, and the impact their participation had on their personal lives and their communities. In exploring the experiences of parliamentary and PC more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 21, 2012

Sources of Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria

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The paper contributes to the empirical research on the micro-determinants of income inequality in Southeast European transition countries. The analysis utilizes data from a representative survey of 3,300 Bulgarian households conducted in 2007 and quantifies income differentiation effects related to certain socio- demographic characteristics. Quantile regression analysis reveals positive net effects of the degree of urbanization and the number of employed in the household as well as negative more...

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D C on May 15, 2012

WikiLeaks cables show US diplomats promote genetically engineered crops worldwide

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Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in a WikiLeaks dump in 2011 reveal new details of the US effort to push foreign governments to approve genetically engineered (GE) crops and promote the worldwide interests of agribusiness giants like Monsanto and DuPont. The cables further confirm previous reports from the Web site Truthout on the diplomatic pressure the US has put on Spain and France, two countries with powerful anti-GE crop movements, to speed up their biotech approval more...

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D C on March 15, 2012

We Won’t Accept Hunger Ambassadors’ Toolkit

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This toolkit is for you. It is for anyone who has an interest in helping stop hunger. You can use as little or as much of it as you want to. It also has specially adapted chapters for We Won’t Accept Hunger champions, called ‘ambassadors’, to help them design campaign actions or train other people in campaigning techniques. Again, it is important to underline that you need use only the parts of this toolkit that you are comfortable with.Hunger is the world’s biggest killer but it can be more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

Experience a world where everything intelligently connects: The Connected Life

serving.webgen.gsm.org –

Connected devices will assist us with a wide range of daily tasks. For example, an intelligently-connected vehicle will be able to check its owner’s calendar, identify potential dates for maintenance and then navigate to the garage via the most efficient route. Insurers will use connected devices inside vehicles to monitor individual driving practices and set appropriate insurance premiums. A smart meter will identify opportunities to save money by automatically monitoring your home’s or more...

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D C on April 23, 2012

15 Years of the Information Technology Agreement

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To mark the 15th anniversary of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), this publication charts the history of the Agreement and the effect it has had on the global trade in information technology (IT) products. As well as examining the products covered by the ITA, the publication looks at how the Agreement is implemented, and the impact it has had on trade opening and innovation. The publication also analyses how the development of global production networks has affected IT trade. It more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

EU and UNOPS release report on Iraqi human rights work

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The 12-page booklet uses pictures, quotes, facts and figures to describe work done in the EU-funded project under three sections: Access to justice, Working with prisoners and their rights, and Helping victims of torture and violence.It describes how detainees in Iraq remain vulnerable to poor prison conditions and other human rights violations. In addition, individuals who have suffered torture and other forms of violence are often unable to get the psychological and medical help they need. By more...

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D C on May 08, 2012

Latest ACP-EU updates: MFN clause, EP committees and SA message to Hollande

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Despite vocal criticism of the EU, this is tempered by a number of positive notes. The former president of Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa, who warns on a weekly basis of the negative effects of the EPAs, emphasised last week that there exists a certain sympathy within the EU for Africa’s concerns, as the European Parliament committees on Development (DEVE) and International Trade (INTA) recently drafted proposals rejecting the proposal for the amendment of Regulation 1528/2007, which provides more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 14, 2012

Dernières actualités ACP-EU: la clause de la NPF, le PE, et l’Afrique du Sud

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Malgré ses critiques continues contre l’UE et les APE, Benjamin William Mkapa, l’ancien Président tanzanien a souligné que l’on observe une certaine sympathie de la part de l’UE pour les inquiétudes de l’Afrique puisque les comités du Parlement européen sur le développement (DEVE) et le commerce international (INTA) ont récemment élaboré des propositions rejetant la proposition d’amendement au Règlement 1528/2007, qui prévoit un accès au marché de l’UE sans taxes et sans quotas. Le more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 15, 2012

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