Rigged Rules and Double Standards Trade Globalization and the Fight Against Poverty, make trade fair. OXfam, pre owned in good condition and will be shipped fast About this product Product Information Trade is one of the most powerful forces linking our lives, and a source of unprecedented wealth. Yet millions of the world's poorest people are being left behind. Increased prosperity has gone hand in hand with mass poverty. Already obscene inequalities between rich and poor are widening. World trade could be a powerful motor to reduce poverty, and support economic growth, but that potential is being lost. The problem is not that international trade is inherently opposed to the needs and interests of the poor, but that the rules that govern it are rigged in favor of the rich. If Africa, East Asia, South Asia, and Latin America were each to increase their share of world exports by one per cent, the resulting gains in income could lift 128 million people out of poverty. In Africa alone, this would generate $70bn ' approximately five times what the continent receives in aid. In their rhetoric, governments of rich countries constantly stress their commitment to poverty reduction. Yet in practice rigged rules and double standards lock poor people out of the benefits of trade, closing the door to an escape route from poverty. Reform of world trade is only one of the requirements for ending the deep social injustices that pervade globalization. Action is also needed to reduce inequalities in health, education and the distribution of income and opportunity, including those inequalities that exist between women and men. However, world trade rules are a key part of the poverty problem; fundamental reforms are needed to make them part of the solution. Oxfam's campaign, Make Trade Fair, aims to change world trade rules so that trade can make a real difference in the fight against global poverty. This report gives comprehensive research findings and analysis, presenting a powerful case for changes in trade laws, and a reform agenda to make these changes happen. Product Identifiers Publisher Oxfam Publishing ISBN-10 0855985259 ISBN-13 9780855985257 Product ID (ePID) 30241819 Product Key Features Format Paperback Publication Year 2004 Language English Dimensions Weight 0 Oz Width 8.2in. Height 0.7in. Length 11.7in. Additional Product Features Dewey Edition 22 Table of Content Executive Summary; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Trade and globalisation in the twenty-first century; 2 Trade as a force for poverty reduction; 3 Left behind: poor countries and poor people in the international trading system;4 Market access and agricultural trade: the double standards of rich countries5 Trade liberalisation and the po'?6 Primary commodities -- trading into decli' 7 Transnational companies: investment, employment, and marketing;8 International trade rules as an obstacle to development;9 Making trade work for the po'?Notes; References; List of background research papers. Illustrated Yes Dewey Decimal 382 Copyright Date 2004 Author Kevin Watkins, Penny Fowler Number of Pages 272 Pages Lc Classification Number Hf1379 Publication Date 2004-02-23 Reviews "The British humanitarian group Oxfam assails rich nations for their trade practices in 'Rigged Rules and Double Standards: Trade, Globalisation, and the Fight Against Poverty,'"--Foreign Policy