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Chapter 1 of the book "Singapore: The Unexpected Nation," by Edwin Lee is presented. It offers a background on the trading settlement called Temasek, the founding of Malacca and its evolution as a central market for the region's spices, and the European powers in the Kingdom of Johore. It also gives information on the 19th-century Laisser-Faireism to 20th-century state interventionism, the creation of entrepot trade, the significance of free trade to Singapore entrepot and the opening of Singapore as centre for Japanese textiles.

At the Barcelona conference in 1995, it was proposed to set up a new partnership between Europe and the Mediterranean, aiming at a free exchange zone, but with some exception in agriculture. After 10 years, the balance is disappointing and a total free exchange zone will be detrimental for food security for the Mediterranean countries. Another partnership should be seek in which both sides of the Mediterranean find their advantages and food security and safety, through new ideas, like specialization of countries in specific food production and looking at farmer revenues instead of only food prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A subject index for the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented.

Chapter 10 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on health of mothers in low-income countries. Also discussed are migratino management and protection for women's health.

Chapter 8 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the effect of trade liberalization on reproductive health and medical care for women in Tanzania. It cites the role of the government in providing medical care services.

Chapter 5 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the impact of trade liberlization on the migration of women and reproductive health in China. Internal migration to industrialized urban areas has increased because of labor market restructuring.

Chapter 4 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on the marriage of working women. It cites the significance of marriage when it comes to the livelihood of women. Also discussed is the effects of trade expansion policies.

Chapter 2 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the impact of services trade liberalization on health services. Rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) were considered in trade liberalization.

Chapter 3 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on enabling conditions that resulted from the liberalization of trade and investment. Also discussed are demand for women's labor and improvements in their reproductive health.

Chapter 1 of the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented. The chapter focuses on the link between liberalization of international trade and reproductive health. It is stated that reproductive health could be enhanced with the help of trade liberalization.

An introduction for the book "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented.

Chapter 2 of the book "Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery" is presented. It explores the establishment of internal economy in the U.S. It is explained that the decision to build an internal economy helps explain the split in the new administration between advisers who stressed self-containment and the Atlanticist free traders.

Chapter 2 of the book "Structural Adjustment: The SAPRI Report" is presented. The chapter assesses the impact of trade liberalization measures on the manufacturing sectors of Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI) countries namely, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Hungary and Citizens' Assessments of Structural Adjustment countries, Mexico and Philippines. It examines the differentiated effects on various subsectors and population groups.

A foreword to "Trading Women's Health & Rights: Trade Liberalisation & Reproductive Health in Developing Economies" is presented.