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'Developing countries which currently benefit from trade preferences will suffer substantial losses if trade liberalisation proposals currently being negotiated are carried through. They should be compensated by creating a special new fund of...

'How quickly will economic life recover in the areas bordering the Indian Ocean devastated by the tsunami? Countries with extensive 'informal' sectors of small-scale producers can revive strongly after an economic shock.'

'The tsunami inundated some prime tourism destinations. Reconstruction of hotels is underway, but will the poor workers and entrepreneurs be able to participate? This Opinion argues that strategies for pro-poor tourism are needed to enable the livelihoods...

'With the benefit of just a little distance from the immediate impact of the tsunami on 26 December, some important points are becoming clear about the economic impacts and the wider implications for aid and aid architecture.'

'The World-wide public attention and political shock waves from the Tsunami provide a brief moment of opportunity in which the international community can address weaknesses in the way it supports the efforts of developing countries and their...