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Profiting from Green Consumerism in Germany, Opportunities for Developing Countries in Three Sectors

Leather and Footwear, Textiles and Clothing, and Furniture

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: October 1999 )

Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...

Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...


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Economic Aspects of Development of Agricultural Alternatives to Tobacco Production and Export...

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: September 2002 )

This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...

This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...


Policy Effectiveness and Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: May 2001 )

This study examines the issue of how to measure the effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) within the context of recent trade and environment discussions. The three MEAs...

This study examines the issue of how to measure the effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) within the context of recent trade and environment discussions. The three MEAs...


Fisheries Subsidies Overfishing and Trade

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication provides an analytical framework for international consideration of the issue on fisheries subsidies, trade and the environment. It views natural resource subsidies in economic theory...

This publication provides an analytical framework for international consideration of the issue on fisheries subsidies, trade and the environment. It views natural resource subsidies in economic theory...


Global Product Chains

Northern Consumers, Southern Producers, and Sustainability

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

Growing international trade has made the economies of nations inter-dependent and this has had, among other things, implications for environmental policy. Global Product Chains is a helpful instrument...

Growing international trade has made the economies of nations inter-dependent and this has had, among other things, implications for environmental policy. Global Product Chains is a helpful instrument...


Trade Related Environmental Measures in the Field of Safety in Biotechnology

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication illustrates how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and...

This publication illustrates how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and...


Criteria in Environmental Labelling

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Criteria in Selected Labelling Schemes

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication provides information on the environmental characteristics of three products: paper, laundry detergents, and textiles. It gives an overview of environmental criteria in each of the...

This publication provides information on the environmental characteristics of three products: paper, laundry detergents, and textiles. It gives an overview of environmental criteria in each of the...


Rubber and the Environment

Proceedings of the Joint Workshop of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the...

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...

This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...


Rehabilitation Finance Management

Guidelines for Bankers and Export-oriented Enterprises on Legal Issues

Series: Export Development Finance
( Print: October 2001 )

This monograph on legal practices and procedures available for the rehabilitation of export-oriented enterprises in developing countries discusses basic legal issues, various rehabilitation schemes...

This monograph on legal practices and procedures available for the rehabilitation of export-oriented enterprises in developing countries discusses basic legal issues, various rehabilitation schemes...


Science, Risk Analysis and Environmental Policy Decisions

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

Below the grand structural framework of anlyses there is an enormous amount which can be and is being done in the formalization and harmonization of tests, decision making procedures and the use and...

Below the grand structural framework of anlyses there is an enormous amount which can be and is being done in the formalization and harmonization of tests, decision making procedures and the use and...


Protecting the Ozone Layer Through Trade Measures

Reconciling the Trade Provisions of the Montreal Protocol and the Rules of the GATT

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's trade measures and...

This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's trade measures and...


Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes at the Interface of Environment and Trade

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

In 1989, environmental concerns led to the adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. This publication outlines some of the...

In 1989, environmental concerns led to the adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. This publication outlines some of the...


Role of Science in the Uruguay Round and NAFTA Trade Disciplines, The

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

The author, David A. Wirth, examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. This paper analyzes and summarizes the relevant texts...

The author, David A. Wirth, examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. This paper analyzes and summarizes the relevant texts...


Institutional Mechanisms Supporting Trade in Genetic Materials

Issues Under the Bio-diversity Convention and GATT/TRIPs

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

One of the complexities of discussing and working with genetic materials is their multiple forms each of which requires a different approach. This publication discusses the issues of biodiversity...

One of the complexities of discussing and working with genetic materials is their multiple forms each of which requires a different approach. This publication discusses the issues of biodiversity...