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The paper discusses how the World Health Organization makes use of qualitative as well as quantitative research to address problems such as malaria containment and the health and psychological consequences of the tsunami in East Asia. The paper points out the different approaches to conducting qualitative research that were employed in the malaria and tsunami studies.

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"Interviewers are trained "to assess the specific control interventions planned" for different countries in the area of malaria containment ("Training workshop on Methods for Evaluation of Pilot Intervention Studies of the Malaria Control for Ethnic Minorities in the Greater Mekong Subregion Project," 2006, WHO). Persons in the field are also trained so WHO can deploy both "qualitative and quantitative methods" and a drive to recruit local interviewers is crucial because currently access to such anecdotal data is limited, "especially in qualitative methods"."

Tags:quantitative, tsunami, malaria, data, interviews, participants

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This paper discusses the World Trade Organization. The WTO is the most influential body regarding trade, trade relationships, and trade disputes in the world. While the US is obviously one of its leading members, it has not been the dominant force in this organization that it has in other major international organizations. Although only organized since 1995, the WTO also has its roots in the post World War II era.

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"The WTO is the follow-on organization to GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) that guided international trade since the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 attempted to form the International Trade Organization (Condon, 2002). While the ITO was never successful due primarily to US lobbying, GATT guided world trade matters until the Uruguay Round in 1995 created the..."

Tags:world, trade, organization

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This paper considers the issues and pros and cons associated with the World Trade Organization. It also includes a discussion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank and their relationship to the WTO.

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"The World Trade Organization WTO is an international organization that is both widely vilified and also widely misunderstood. Some of its most vocal critics are unclear on what the WTO actually can-and cannot-do ..."

Tags:WTO, world trade organization, international monetary fund, world bank

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This paper discusses the World Trade Organization. Amongst other things the paper discusses its structure, role, the controversies surrounding it and how the World Trade Organization can be improved.

Tags:world, trade, organization

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This paper discusses the World Trade Organization (WTO) its mission, roles and functions. The paper also discusses the WTO's influence as an international financial institution, the impact of political factors on the WTO and its relationship to the IMF and the World Bank.

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"Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in the news frequently, its actual roles and functions are misunderstood by many in the business and political arenas. It is considered to have both more and less influence by its supporters and critics alike than it actual possesses, yet it exists as a palpable and critical force in international commerce today. Its role as an international financial institution is influenced by its role as a political force and its decisions and policies..."

Tags:WTO, world trade organization

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established by the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and introduced an important new phase into the development of international trade regulation. This paper discusses the origin, history, function and organizational structure of the WTO.

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"For the first time in history, an international trade organization established a regulatory and judicial structure through which it could regulate virtually every aspect of global trade. The WTO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and is headed by a biennial Ministerial Conference. Operations are overseen by a Director-General, who heads the Secretariat, and by the General Council, which comprised of representatives of each member state and meets as required to take action on issues brought forward by either the Trade Policy Review Body or the Dispute Settlement Body."

Tags:world, trade, organization

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This report outlines three separate news articles which detail the September 10th, 2003 World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The articles, from Europe, North America and Asia, provide different glimpses and aspects of that one day. The paper notes that all three writers agree on their distrust towards the WTO, and are negative regarding outcomes from the meeting. Each article is discussed in-depth.

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"On Wednesday, September 10th of 2003, a World Trade Organization meeting occurred in Cancun, Mexico to discuss issues of trade and tourism. Cancun is a popular tourist resort. Three separate articles from around the globe, namely Europe, North America and Asia, recorded this event from varying details. Around the world, there is a prevailing sense of disillusionment and distrust towards the WTO, at least as expressed via these three articles. Of the three, there was not one that held a positive view towards the Cancun meeting, a fact which is made even more significant by the vastness of subject matter relating to this event. One article takes the reader through the.."

Tags:world, trade, meeting

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the international institution that is most closely linked to the processes of globalization and as such is at the center of some of the most contentious debates of our time. This essay examines the development of the World Trade Organization over time with specific reference to its operations in terms of reducing inequality in the global economy.

Tags:trade, equality, wto

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This paper looks at the World Trade Organization, or WTO and debates whether or not the WTO has a positive effect on the world. The author takes the position that one needs a place to take disputes and set regulations for the international economy.

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"The World Trade Organization, which was created in 1995, was the biggest reform of international trade since 1948. During the previous years, international commerce had been organized under GATT, which established a multilateral trading system. However, by the 1980s major restructuring was needed. The Uruguay Round brought about that overhaul. It was the largest trade negotiation ever."

Tags:business, global