The present study seeks to examine the impact of international trade policies on unemployment for 10 Arab countries over period 1991 2014. In addition various measurements, takes into consideration variables that represent macroeconomic distortion policies; a country’s economic size; quality government institutions; and labor market regulation. Using different proxies policies, results Pooled M...

ment, but also for ensuring that liberalized trade and investment stay on course. The U.S. Congress established the East-West Center in 1960 to foster mutual understanding and cooperation among the governments and peoples of the Asia Pacific region, including the United States. Funding for the Center comes from the U.S. government with additional support provided by private agencies, individual...

OBJECTIVE A multi-method case study examined how the economic and political processes of globalization have influenced the determinants of health among low-income children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. This paper presents the results from the qualitative interview component of the case study. The purpose of the interviews was to uncover the lived experience of low-income families and thei...

This report was prepared for, and presented at, the Asian Regional Policy Dialogue held in Bangkok, Thailand, November 24-26, 1999. This Dialogue was one of a series of three Dialogues organized by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development under the aegis of the UNCTAD/UNDP Global Programme. Participants at the workshops included senior policy makers from various ministries...

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this paper consists of two parts. the first section describes the index and process of globalization and presents kof and a.t. kearney models and index. it also shows the situation of iran in the process of globalization. the results of this section indicate that based on the above mentioned index, iran does not have a good situation in the globalization process (iran’s position is the lowest a...

Our era is witnessing an increasing impact of globalization on self and identity and at the same time a growing uncertainty. The experience of uncertainty motivates individuals and groups to find local niches for identity construction. This article’s central tenet is that the processes of globalization and localization, as globalization’s counterforce, require a dialogical conceptualization of ...