Nine Latin American
entrepreneurs, representing artisans from poor rural communities,
attempt to sell their goods in one of Europe's toughest fashion
capitals. Source: International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD)
A collection of interviews
from rural poor people in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Guatemala,
Laos, Morocco and Peru who describe the greatest obstacles they
face in getting their goods to market.
Source: International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Duration: 6' 30"
Locations: Morocco, Laos, Burkina Faso
Producers: James Heer, Gillian Hazell
Languages: English
Whether you’re a
subsistence farmer in southern Mexico, the manager of an asparagus
cannery in Peru, an indigenous artisan in Ecuador or the owner
of a textile company in Guatemala, you will understandably have
differing expectations, hopes and fears regarding trade liberalization
and integration into the global economy. Source: Inter-American Development Bank Read
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While three of the
five Andean countries-Colombia, Ecuador and Peru-are participating
actively in the free trade agreement negotiations to promote
commerce and investment between the United States and the Andean
Community, the recent celebration of the Ninth Annual Corporación
Andina de Fomento (CAF) Conference served to reflect on the
differences within the subregion and the positions held by the
two other Andean countries, which abstained from taking part
in the negotiations.
The Mexico-European
Union Free Trade Agreement, the first such accord between Europe
and a country in the Americas, is celebrating its fourth anniversary
and 27% growth in bilateral trade volume.
They are the familiar
images of global trade talks: streets turned into battle zones,
conference centres into fortresses. Entrenched positions on
both sides of the barricades have effectively stifled public
debate on trade liberalization. Is the developing world healthier,
wealthier, better fed, and better educated thanks to trade-led
economic growth?
Source: International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) Read
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Free trade policies have
failed to provide the expected benefits to millions of Indian
workers in the textile and leather industries. Many families
have faced malnutrition, starvation and even suicide as a result
and many more are threatened by current World Trade Organisation
(WTO) proposals.
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