Free Trade and Global Inequality: Why the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund Continue to Advocate for Free and Unfettered Trade?
ABSTRACT This paper looks at why free trade is encouraged by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) despite causing so much poverty and inequality globally. Using published research, it argues that free trade has increased poverty and inequality globally through job outsourcing, degradation of natural resources, and poor working conditions. […]
A deep learning game theory approach for multilateral taxation agreement negotiation in Africa
ABSTRACT International taxation has been at the forefront of concern for many developing states, given the significant amount of revenues that are not collected due to the informal economy and illicit financial flows. For developing countries, this issue is more significant given the limited resources available and the need for tax revenues in order to […]
Applicability of Res Judicata in International Arbitration: The Case of Prior National Court Judgments
ABSTRACT The national laws of various States provide for res judicata to prevent disputants from bringing the same dispute back before the courts and deem conclusive judgments as facts when considering future legal actions. The reasons behind this attitude are to ensure that the adversaries comply with court judgments to prevent the perpetuation of disputes, […]
BANGLADESH LIBERATION WAR OF 1971: DECISIVE ROLE OF INDIA IN MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION; AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN BANGLADESH
ABSTRACT Since the partition of India in 1947, the East Pakistanis felt the forces in West Pakistan were destabilizing their values. The economic, political, social, cultural, ideological, linguistic, and educational conflict between East and West Pakistan became glaringly evident. The beginning of the Liberation War of Bangladesh (“1971 War”) was on the midnight of 25 […]
Islamic Law: Economics, Property & Taxation
ABSTRACT Kerala, the most literate State in India, has advanced in social, technological, health, economic, and educational fields. Schools and colleges in Kerala have taken the global problem of climate change as an urgent matter of importance. Creating Islamic finance and economics saw resurgence within the last four decades. Islamic finance has emerged as a […]
MEDIATION AS A TOOL TO REDUCE PRISON AND PRE-TRIAL DETAINEE POPULATION FOR MINOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES: A CASE STUDY OF GUYANA
MEDIATION AS A TOOL TO REDUCE PRISON AND PRE-TRIAL DETAINEE POPULATION FOR MINOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES: A CASE STUDY OF GUYANA A B S T R A C T Author: Joycelin Kyte Doctoral Student, MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, Euclid University Name and address of the corresponding author: Kyte, Joycelin Georgetown, Guyana Email: jkimkyte@gmail.com […]
Global Oil and Gas Industry Perspectives: Threats and Opportunities in the Context of International Climate Change Policies
Introduction Economist Fritz Schumacher[1] who, starting 1950, advised the British National Coal Board[2], argues that “there is no substitute for energy, the whole edifice of modern life is built upon it. Although energy can be bought and sold like any other commodity, it is not just another commodity, but the precondition of all commodities, a […]
Climate Change Education Initiatives in Secondary Schools and Colleges in Kerala
ABSTRACT Kerala, the most literate State in India, has advanced in social, technological, health, economic, and educational fields. Schools and colleges in Kerala have taken the global problem of climate change as an urgent matter of importance. Creating awareness through education is vital for people to understand the causes and impacts of climate change. Although […]
Finding Peace Away from Home: Exploring Local Integration as a Durable Solution for Congolese Refugees hosted in Rwanda
ABSTRACT Rwanda has hosted Congolese refugees since 1996. A few refugees have benefitted from resettlement to Western countries, including the United States of America (USA) and Canada. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has not promoted voluntary repatriation because the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains insecure. This paper examines the feasibility of […]
The Dissimilar Determinants and Outcomes of Road Safety in the United States and the European Union
ABSTRACT People might assume that since the United States and the European Union are high-income countries, their road traffic safety policies have similar outcomes. But the facts show a different story. The United States’ road safety record has fallen behind the European Union (EU); specifically, the fatality rate increases while the EU is decreasing. Philosophically, […]
