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Part II - Top-Down: Public Approaches to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

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Cosimo Beverelli ,
Jürgen Kurtz  and
Damian Raess
Cosimo Beverelli
Affiliation:
World Trade Organization
Jürgen Kurtz
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Florence
Damian Raess
Affiliation:
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
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International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals
World Trade Forum
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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