At the climate-change talks in Copenhagen authority lay with the National Development and Reform Commission, charged with economic development.

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There will be those who emphasise economic and social development and those who focus on political reform.

ECONOMIST: International

The delegation included experts on labor rights and economic development, rule of law and political reform, ethnic conflict and reconciliation, land-mine removal, and criminal justice.

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