Policy Brief: South-South Trade: Vital for Development

The most effective way to make trade work for development and poverty reduction is for countries to agree on much improved market access under the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Ambitious trade liberalisation can generate more gains for developing countries than any other area of international economic co-operation or development assistance.These arguments are a familiar theme of the Doha discussion. But

Policy Brief : Civil Society and the OECD

This Policy Brief describes some of the many channels of communication that are open for productive dialogue between the OECD and civil society.

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