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COMPLIANCE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITMENTS: THE G8 RECORD, 1975-2007. By John Kirton and Jenilee Guebert. G8 Research Group, November 2007. The report assesses the compliance of G8 members with their climate change commitments, since the G7/8 started generating them in 1987 through to 2007. G8 compliance earns a respectable B. The report is available at http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/compliance-climate.html.

BORDER TRADE IN THE GMS: GROUND REALITIES AND FUTURE OPTIONS. By the Consumer Unity & Trust Society (Hanoi), 2007. This paper analyses the border trade in the Greater Mekong Sub Region (GMS), and suggests that the cooperation within GMS is quite progressive especially taking into account the low level of economic development of most of the member states. It calls for more intensive studies on the impact of border trade policies and the governance of border trade and border towns as well as existing economic structures so as to ensure overall welfare of local people and growth of local economy. Available online at http://www.cuts-international.org/HRC/pdf/PB-6-07.pdf.