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  International investment treaties and developing countries

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (9th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) analyses the need for a multilateral regulation of investment and the prospects that such an agreement has to take place within the framework of the WTO.Claims include:over the past ten years, foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries has increased five-foldthe increasing globalisation of capital
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  Trade in services

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (7th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) analyses the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and explores its consequences for developing countries.
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  Lessons from NAFTA for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: a summary of research findings

  Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003

  This report attempts to draw lessons from the participation of Mexico in NAFTA in order to provide guidance to other Latin American countries on what they can expect from this type of trade agreement, and to identify policies that can help them derive the maximum benefits from trade integration in the Americas.Findings include:without NAFTA, global exports would have been roughly 25% lo
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  Tariff and FDI liberalization: what to expect from China's entry into the WTO?

  Global Development Network, 2002

  What features determine the final outcome of the liberalisation process? Who gains and loses with the liberalisation of FDI?
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  Social impact of international trade and multinational corporations activities on the people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria: a comparative analysis by gender, generation and socio-cultural differences

  Global Development Network, 2002

  For nearly three decades, petroleum production and consumption has probably brought out both the best and worst of modern civilization in Nigeria.
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  Supermarkets and farming in Latin America: pointing directions for elsewhere?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002

  This paper identifies why supermarkets have grown so rapidly in Latin America, what the impacts on producers have been, and whether the pattern might be repeated in other regions.The policy conclusions are:Supermarkets occupy roughly 60% of the national retail sectors in Latin America, and around half this level of fresh fruit and vegetable productsFactors underpinning their growth
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  The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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  Distribution services: India and the GATS 2000 Negotiations

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002

  This study examines India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in distribution services in the context of the ongoing GATS (General Agreement on trade in Services) 2000 negotiations.India is a small player in the global market for distribution services.
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  What has China accomplished in its first year of WTO membership?

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002

  The role of China has become more and more prominent in the last two decades: its export rose rapidly and its economic growth increased remarkably. On the 11th December 2001 China gained the WTO membership.This paper summarises China's WTO commitments and it attempts to establish its accomplishments in its first year of WTO membership.
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  Liberalisation, multinational enterprises and export performance: evidence from Indian manufacturing.

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2001

  This paper tests two hypotheses.

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