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Global Agribusiness Information Network (GAIN)   
Asia Regional Agribusiness Project    
GAIN -Links on the WWW
R.Rojas: NOTES ON AGRIBUSINESS IN THE 1990s
C.Hines: AGRIBUSINESS -A BLOCK TO AFRICA's FOOD SELF-RELIANCE

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   WTO: Trade Liberalization Reinforces the Need for
        Environmental Cooperation (October 1999)
  U.N.: Global Change and Sustainable Development: Critical Trends. 1997
  U.N.: Protection of the atmosphere (1996)
  U.N.: Science for Sustainable Development (1997)

        Per capita Nitrogen Oxide Emissions, 1970-1997 (OECD)
        Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1980-1994
        Per capita Sulphur Oxide Emissions, 1970-1997
        Selected Countries: Participation in Major International
                            Environment Agreements
        Common Air Pollutant Emissions (OECD)
        Exports to LDCs of Recyclable Secondary Material, 1995
        Major OECD exporters of RSM, by Value, 1995
        Major OECD exporters of RSM, by Volume, 1995
        Selected Importers of OECD RSM, 1995

               UNFCCC: Convention on Climate Change

R.Rojas:Sustainable development in a globalized economy (1997)
R.Rojas:Sustainable development in a globalized economy?.The odds.(1999)
LINKS: The unnatural cycle
               J. Jontz: Chile, forests, investments and NAFTA
                         Staying Alive 
          
 U.S. Embassy in Bejing: China: Environment, Science and Technology

                 Development education / environmental education (ELDIS)
                 Environmental datasets directories              (ELDIS)
                 Environmental impact assessment                 (ELDIS)
                 Environmental law                               (ELDIS)
                 Environmental monitoring and modelling          (ELDIS)
           Forests and Forestry                            (ELDIS)
           Irrigation and water                            (ELDIS)
           Oceans and coastal areas                        (ELDIS)
           Pest control                                    (ELDIS)
           Pollution and pollutants                        (ELDIS)
                 Soils                                           (ELDIS)
                 Waste management / recycling                    (ELDIS)
                 Water and irrigation                            (ELDIS)
                 Agriculture                                     (ELDIS)
                 Biodiversity and conservations                  (ELDIS)
                 Biotechnology and microbiology                  (ELDIS)
                 Climate                                         (ELDIS)
                 Desertification                                 (ELDIS)
                 Environment (general)                           (ELDIS)

         M.I.T.: Technology, Business and Environment
                 Linkages for Environment and Development Policy Makers
      R.Rojas: Agenda 21 revisited (notes)
   * AGENDA 21
   * U. N. Conference of Environment and Development
   * UNEP -Industry and environment
   * United Nations Environment Programe
   * United Nations: Natural Resources  

   Envirolink
   WWW Virtual Library on environment
   Environmental Information Service
   Chilean Ecological Action Network (RENACE)
   Global Environment Facility

   Industrial Pollution Control Research Project
   
   Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Enviroment

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IIASA: Can China feed itself? A System for Evaluation of Policy
The State of Food and Agriculture 1998 (FAO website)
The State of Food and Agriculture 1998 (RRojas Databank)
J.Hammond: Famines: Myths, Media and Misundertanding
    ELDIS: Food security
           World Food Programme

Conference on Hunger and Poverty Home Page 
Conference on Hunger and Poverty: A popular coalition for action
I. Introduction        
II. Nature and Dimensions of the Problems of Hunger and Poverty
             Incidence of Hunger by Region (table)     
III. Forty Years of Development Practice
IV.The Search for a New Paradigm--Civil Society: Development from
                                                 the Roots Up
V. Priority Areas for the Conference   
             Empowerment of the Hungry and the Poor
                 (a) Participation in Decision-making  
                 (b) Command Over Productive Resources  
             Technology Generation and Transfer
             Poverty and Environmental Degradation    
             Beyond Emergency Relief
VI. Summary and Conclusion                
Discussion Paper 1: Empowerment of the poor
Discussion Paper 2: Enhancing technology generation and diffusion
Discussion Paper 3: Combating environmental degradation
Discussion Paper 4: Preventing disaster and reducing its impact 
                  on the poor

Hunger Web Home Page
Hunger Web United Nations Hunger Resources
The Hunger Project - Web Home Page

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Transnational Corporations: Impediments or 
                            Catalysts of Social Development?, 
                       E. Kolodner, Occasional Paper No. 5, 1994, UNRISD

    R.Rojas: Transnational corporations in developing countries
    R.Rojas: International capital and intellectual dishonesty
    R.Rojas: The poverty of international trade theory 
    R.Rojas: Notes on the philosophy of the capitalist system
    R.Rojas: The 'adjustment' of the world economy
    R.Rojas: The transnational corporate system in the late 1990s 
    R.Rojas: South Korea, Taiwan and the myth of the "East Asian miracle"
    R.Rojas: A market-friendly strategy for development
    R.Rojas: Notes on agribusiness in the 1990s
             A bibliography for transnational corporations studies
     UNCTAD: World Investment Report 1998: Trends and Determinants(press)
D.Caverhill: TNCs and the world economy.1994 
  M. Butler: How Europe can fight the multinationals. 1986 
  O. Sunkel: The transnational corporate system. 1985
   EcoForum: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment
             Multinational Monitor (journal)
      ELDIS: Transnational corporations
             Staying Alive [Labour in the global information economy]
             Transnational Corporate Research
FORTUNE 500
Corporate Watch: The big picture [Corporations and U.S. Politics]
               : Key issues & organizations
               : Research resources
               : From the horses mouth: corporate resources
               : Research Library
               : How to research transnational corporations

WHA: Transnational corporations
     BAOBAB's corporate power information center
     United Nations.-World Investment Report 1997 (highlights)
     United Nations.-World Investment Report 1996 (highlights)

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R. Rojas: Notes on urbanization in developing societies
   ELDIS: Urban development
   ELDIS: Population and reproductive health
   ELDIS: Health
          Population and Development/United Nations
   WORLD POPULATION GROWTH (chart)

World Resources 1996-97
(A joint publication by The World Resource Institute, The United
 Nations Environment Programme, The United Nations Development
 Programme, and the World Bank)
(Data edited by Dr. Róbinson Rojas)

Part I: The Urban Environment
Chapter 1: Cities and the Environment
           Introduction

           Urban Growth Patterns
           What Fuels Urban Growth?
           Urban Poverty
           Urban Environmental Problems
           Economic Costs of Urban Environmental Degradation
           Confronting the Urban Environmental Challenge

•Abidjan: A Portrait of the African Urban Experience
•The Challenge of Environmental Deterioration in Jakarta
•What is an Urban Area?
•Sharing Responsibility for Inner-City Problems
•Detroit Battles Long-Term Effects of Suburban Flight
•Pollution and Health in the Transition Economies
•Designing Sustainable Solutions for Cities

Chapter 2: Urban Environment and Human Health
           Introduction

           Health Profiles of Urban Dwellers
           The Urban Physical Environment and Health
           The Urban Social Environment and Health
           Multisectoral Strategies for Improving the Health of
               Urban Dwellers

•Can We Improve Neighborhood Quality in Neglected U.S. Cities?
•ASHA Works to Improve Health in Delhi
•The Black Death Revisited: India's 1994 Plague Epidemic
•Household Environmental Problems, Wealth, and City Size
•Community Perceptions of Urban Health Risks

Chapter 3: Urban Impacts on Natural Resources
           Introduction

           Land Conversion
           Extraction and Depletion of Natural Resources
           Urban Wastes
           Integrated Approaches to Protect the Resource Base

•Water: The Challenge for Mexico City
•Los Angeles Copes with Air Pollution

Chapter 4: Urban Transportation
           Introduction

           Urban Transportation Trends
           Impacts of Urban Transportation Trends
           Moving Forward: Key Strategies and Tools
           Improving the Transportation Supply 

•The Indian Transportation Paradigm
•Setting Limits Pays Off in Portland, Oregon
•Nonmotorized Transportation: What's To Become of Bicycles
                              and Pedestrians

Chapter 5: Urban Priorities for Action
           Introduction

           Priorities for Action: Water and Sanitation
           Promoting Water Conservation
           Priorities for Action: Solid Waste Management
           Priorities for Action: Air Pollution
           Priorities for Action: Land Use

•Ranking Bangkok's Urban Environmental Problems
•Forging a Combined Approach to Urban Pollution Control
•Costs and Benefits of Water and Air Pollution Controls in Santiago
•Integrated Transportation and Land Use Planning Channel 
 Curitiba's Growth

Chapter 6: City and Community: Toward Environmental Sustainability
           Introduction

           Strengthening Local Governments in Developing Countries
           A Community-level Approach to Environmental Management
           Setting Priorities
           Cities and Sustainable Development

•Cities Take Action: Local Environmental Initiatives
•The Orangi Pilot Project, Karachi, Pakistan
•Housing Program for Cali's Poor Encourages Self-Help
•Citizen Participation Leads to Better Plan for the Bronx, New York
•Nigeria's Community Banks: A Capital Idea
•International Urban Environment Programs