glossary of globalization

Glossary of globalization, trade and health terms The following glossary has been developed to promote and inform the dialogue between the trade and the health sectors It seeks to explain many of the key globalization and trade terms and debates from the perspective of public health, providing definitions for technical terms and showing the linkages and interrelationships between them Because of the constantly evolving nature of the subject it covers, this glossary should be seen as work in progress: *It does not represent the position or policies of the World Health Organization or its Member States *The entries are reviewed and updated on a regular basis by recognized experts in the field Users are welcome to send us comments and suggestions using thisfeedback form Glossary terms We have identified 103 terms listed below in alphabetical order from "Access" to "World Trade Organization" For each definition we have inserted links to related terms to allow the user to move easily around the document and to provide an insight into the linkages and patterns within this complex subject  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  Access  Access to Medicines  Adjustment with a Human Face  Anti-Microbial Resistance A Back to top B  Biodiversity Back to top C  Civil Society  Climate Change  Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH)  Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF)  Conditionality  Cross-Border Health Risks  Cultural Dimension of Globalization Back to top D  Data for Policy Decisions  Debt  Development  Development Cooperation  Doha  Dumping Back to top E  E-Health  Economic Growth  Economic Integration  Emerging Diseases  Environmental Change  Equity  Essential Medicines Back to top F  Financial Crisis  Food Safety  Food Security  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)  Foreign Policy and Health Security  Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Back to top G  Gender  General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)  Generic Drugs  Genomics  Global Burden of Disease  Global Democracy Deficit  Global Governance  Global Health Declarations  Global Health Initiatives  Global Public Goods  Global Response Networks  Globalization  GlobaliZation and Health  Globalization of Health Back to top H  Health  Health ethics  Health Financing  Health Sector  Health Systems  Health Transition  HIV/AIDS  Human Capital  Human Development Index  Human Rights-Based Approach to Health Back to top I  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)  InterGovernmental Organizations  International Corporations  International Financial Institutions  International Financial System  International Law  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Back to top L  Licence Back to top M  Malaria  Millennium Development Goals  Multilateral Trade Agreements (MTAs) Back to top N  Neo-Liberal Ideas Back to top O  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)  Ozone Depletion Back to top P  Parallel Imports  Patents  Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)  Pharmaceutical Industry  Post-Washington Consensus  Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)  Public Health  Public-Private Partnerships for Health Back to top Q  Quality of Pharmaceutical Products Back to top R  Research and Development Back to top S  Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (Agreement on the Application of)  Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps)  Sovereignty  State  Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs)  Subsidies  Sustainable Development Back to top T  Tariffs  Technical Barriers to Trade (Agreement on)  Tobacco  Trade  Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)  Tuberculosis (TB) Back to top V  Vulnerable Groups Back to top W  Washington Consensus  World Bank  World Health Organization (WHO)  World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)  World Trade Organization (WTO)