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The Outcome of Poor African Infrastructure: High Costs, Poor Service, and Reduced Trade


Inland transport costs in Africa are much higher than those in any other region of the world. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development estimated that international transport costs faced by African countries, at 12.6 percent of the delivered … Continue reading

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ASEAN Rice Cartel Plan Resurfaces


http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/asean-rice-cartel-plan-resurfaces/ Cambodia and Burma look to join forces on the regional rice market. Cambodia is eager to revive an earlier plan to establish a regional rice trade cartel to help offset fluctuating international market prices and wants another key exporter … Continue reading

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Oman-Pak plan to boost trade ties


http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/oman-pak-plan-to-boost-trade-ties/ Muscat: Khalil bin Abdullah al-Khunji, chairman of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), received in his office here yesterday Salman Bashir, Pakistan’s foreign secretary, in the presence of Pakistan’s ambassador to Oman. During the meeting, the OCCI chairman … Continue reading

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INDIA CHEERS WHILE MONSANTO BURNS


http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/india-cheers-while-monsanto-burns/ by Paul Kingsnorth “We send today, a very clear message to all those who have invested in Monsanto in India and abroad; take your money out now, before we reduce it to ashes”.Karnataka State Farmers Association, India Sponsored by … Continue reading

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Brazil activists target Monsanto


http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/brazil-activists-target-monsanto/ Members of the million-strong landless movement in Brazil (MST) have invaded a farm owned by biotech giant Monsanto in the central state of Goias. It is the third protest of this kind against Monsanto property this year, and the … Continue reading

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