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FROM POVERTY TO POWERgrowth 114, 181; education provision 48;financial crises 314; international aid354, 358, 363; and international financialinstitutions 297; international tradeissues 187, 323; transnational corporations344; see also named countries; EasternEuropeEuropean Union (EU):agricultural issues 321; arms embargoes398, 399; climate change strategy role410, 414, 415, 416, 421; human rightsissues 289; and intellectual property 323,326; as international aid donor 321, 354,358, 382, 389; and international financialinstitutions 305; international tradeissues 187, 295, 319 see also trade agreementsbelow; on labour rights 164–5b;peace efforts 394; trade agreements164–5b, 322, 324fishing industry 115, 123, 126–7b, 146–7food and food production:and biofuel 132, 226–7; climate changeand 260, 411; Fairtrade 138–9b, 143; fastfood industry 125–6, 137, 419; food aid210, 211, 213, 215, 215b, 217, 229, 255,388–9; food shortages 200, 210, 227, 260see also hunger and famine; and the<strong>Green</strong> Revolution 127–8, 142; and poverty9–10, 142–3, 227; producer organisations134, 135–6b, 137; supermarkets 125, 144,164, 165, 177–8France 94b, 297, 316, 319, 399, 410G8 (Group of Eight) 65, 236, 293, 294,309–10 see also Gleneagles G8 Summitgarment industry 150–1, 154–5, 157, 158,166b, 183, 193, 318, 345GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs andTrade) 320, 327gender inequality:and economic growth 190; in economicsystem 65, 110, 111–12; in employment5, 50, 110, 111–12, 151, 153, 167; andenvironmental impacts 114; finance and65, 220, 223; health and 4, 46–7; as ahuman right 25, 27, 36, 39, 50, 67–9; ininternational aid 355t, 366; ‘missingwomen’ 4; and property rights 74, 77–8,233; in public services provision 41,42–3, 45, 46–7, 49, 50; social protection50, 208, 209; see also women and girlsGeorgia Young Lawyers Association(GYLA) 60Germany 48, 94b, 327, 381, 410–11Ghana 3, 64, 70, 101, 134–5, 151, 161, 335,365–6, 376Gleneagles G8 Summit (2005) 307, 357,380, 381–3Global Call <strong>to</strong> Action against <strong>Poverty</strong>(GCAP) campaign 307, 356, 381bGlobal Fund <strong>to</strong> Fight AIDS, Tuberculosisand Malaria 236–7, 353global governance:benefits of 292–3, 424, 425, 429; andclimate change 15, 417–18, 422–3, 425;and debt 309; development and 15, 196,293, 352, 425; and effective states 104,292, 429; human rights and 24, 293, 401,425; and inequality 15, 57, 292–4, 424,428; and intellectual property 57, 325–6,331–2; international financial institutions296, 309, 316, 424; internationalhumanitarian relief 357, 379, 398; internationaltrade and 352; limitations of293, 309, 424, 425; multilateralism 293,303; natural disasters and 293, 402; andNGOs 357, 379; for poverty reduction292–4, 429; power and 293–4, 424, 429;transnational corporations and 341, 343,350b; war and conflict 293, 402global warming 132, 257, 258, 260, 261–2,406, 418, 422 see also climate changeglobalisation:employment and 150, 152, 153, 157; andfinancial crises 310–14; inequality and 3,15, 104, 105, 352; and international trade318, 320, 321, 352governments:accountability of 27, 30, 90, 379, 397;agriculture and 120–1, 122, 130, 133,134–5, 137, 139–41, 142; and the armstrade 15, 285, 346, 399, 403; authoritarian60, 82, 88, 91, 94–5b, 96, 105, 192; civilsociety and 13, 381, 397, 403, 404–5;climate change and 264–5, 267, 406,413–14, 415, 421–2; corruption 65, 79,91, 218–19, 286–7, 310, 369–70; debtrelief initiatives 305–6, 307, 308, 369,381–2; democratic 35, 79–80, 94b;development role 13, 19, 90–3; elections35, 79, 81; elites and 5, 36, 83, 84, 87, 95,101, 139, 163; employment and 150, 152,153, 154, 163–4, 196; and financial crises512

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