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2002 Articles
"Vendors Survived Cortés, but Now . . ." by Tim Weiner. Story about Displaced Mexico City Street Vendors. New York Times, October 10, 2002
"SWAZILAND: Focus on the informal business sector MBABANE" - The informal business sector, usually dismissed by economic planners and their balance sheets, is taking on increasing importance in Swaziland as the government struggles to battle poverty and unemployment. UNITED NATIONS (IRIN) 17 September
"Lack of Standards = Race to Bottom - From North-South to South-South, by Robert J.S. Ross and Anita Chan. Foreign Affairs, Sept - Oct 2002
India-IFC Helps to Tap New Export Markets to Support Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) International Finance Corporation press release May 2, 2002.
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A review of Levi's Children: Coming to Terms with Human Rights in the
Global Marketplace by Karl Schoenberger.288pp. New
York: Atlantic Monthly Press,2000.
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"Interview of the Week" India Times reporter Purba Kalita interviews Ela
Bhatt about SEWA and the riots in India. India
Times
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"Court Says First Amendment Doesn't Shield Nike From Suit" by STEVEN GREENHOUSE.
From May 3, 2002 New York Times Business
Section.
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"HOME FRONT; Temps Are the First to Feel a Downturn " by Leslie Eaton.
From April
21 New York Times Business Section.
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"Lima Street Vendors Caught Between Police and Poverty" by David Gonzalez.
From Jan
6 New York Times International Section.
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"As the Rich Do Without Extras, Service Workers Do Without" Service workers
depend on the consumption habits of the wealthy for much of their income.
But as the wealthy trim their spending habits in the post 9-11 economy,
service workers are getting hit hard. From Nov
29 New York Times.
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"Revenue sharing, anyone?" Op/Ed by Robert Kuttner. Kuttner outlines the
need for revenue sharing as the economy turns downward and state/local
governments fail to balence their budgets. From Nov
19 Boston Globe.
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"The Vanishing Act", Op Ed by Robert Herbert. Herbert fears that as economic
prosperity vanishes, the American saftey net in the form of reformed welfare
will prove insufficient to deal with America's needy. From Nov
19 New York Times.
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New York Times Opinion by Robert Reich on an inadequate system of social
protection in America from Nov
12 New York Times.
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The impact of September 11 on low paying jobs in Nov
6 New York Times.
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October 23 Associated Press: Deborah King Article on Layoffs in post September
11 economy. Oct
23 AP
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