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November 2002 |
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The dangers of globalisation, the real reasons behind
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Is Oxfam right to insist that
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Kevin Watkins: If trade is to work
for the poor, we need to challenge the power relations and
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prioritising increased self-reliance, rather than increased
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You may not have heard of him
yet, but peasant farmer Evo Morales is one of Bolivia’s most
influential figures. With popular support established for his
party MAS, he is a force to be reckoned with in congress and
may well be his country’s next president. The US has other
ideas, however. Evo Morales talks to Benjamin
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