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Granting intellectual property rights on life forms and processes: does it ensure food security? A developing country perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study critically investigated the argument whether intellectual property rights over life forms and processes would ensure food security. It only considered the issue from the perspective of developing countries, as ...
Regional trade agreements and its impact on the multilateral trading system: eroding the preferences of developing countries?
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact that the proliferation of regional trade agreements have had on the Multilateral Trading System and whether by allowing regional trade agreements under the World Trade ...
An investigation into the impact of the privatization of public utilities on the affordability of and access to basic services to poor households in developing countries: lessons for Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Three arguments are normally presented as rationale for the privatisation of state owned enterprises. The first relates to the problem of the financing of higher levels of public expenditure; the second is based on the ...
Trade liberalization and poverty alleviation in developing countries
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The aim of this research was to examine the trade policies designed by the World Trade Organization to minimise poverty levels in developing countries through trade liberalization.
The European Union relationship to the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries in terms of the Cotonou Agreements: will the economic partnership agreements aid regional integration
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The main purpose of this paper was to explore the role economic partnership agreements play in regional integration. The whole paper was premised on identifying the nature of economic partnership agreements that is conceived ...