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  The transition from official aid to private capital flows: implications for a developing country

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This paper analyses the implication of a sharp shift in external financing from official assistance to private capital transfers in India’s capital accounts in the 1990s.Main findings of the paper include:private capital flows are associated with real exchange rate appreciation, expansion in domestic money supply and stock market growth, liquidity and increased volatilityin the Indi
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  Trade and Development Report 2004

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004

  The key message of this years Trade and Development Report, is that strategies based on the 'openness model' are not sufficient to lead to development through integration into the world economy.
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  FDI confidence index

  Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2003

  The FDI confidence index tracks the impact of likely political, economic and regulatory changes on the foreign direct investment intentions and preferences of the leaders of some of the world’s leading companies. Participating firms are responsible for about 70 percent of global FDI flows and generate more than US$16 trillion in annual revenues.
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  Reform proposals from developing Asia: finding a win-win strategy

  Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2001

  This paper explores the proposals for reform of the international financial architecture in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. The paper examines two views of international financial reform: the creditor view and the evolving Asian position.
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  Is Africa a net creditor?: new estimates of global flight from severely indebted sub-Saharan African countries, 1970-1996

  WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001

  This paper presents estimates of capital flight from 25 low income sub-Saharan African countries in the period 1970 to 1996.Paper estimates that capital flight totalled more than $193 billion; with imputed interest earnings, the accumulated stock of flight capital amounts to $285 billion.
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  Capital Controls: Country Experiences with Their Use and Liberalization

  International Monetary Fund, 2000

  Aims to develop a deeper understanding of the role that capital controls may play in coping with volatile movements of capital, as well as complex issues surrounding capital account liberalization. It provides a detailed analysis of specific country cases to shed light on the potential benefits or costs of capital controls, including those used in crisis situations.
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  High-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development: work of the United Nations system

  Financing for Development, 1998

  This is a high-level report outlining the work of the United Nations to address financing for development. The report results from a structured inquiry carried out with the help of several partner organisations, concerning financing for development.
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  The financial crisis and its impact on growth and development, especially in the developing countries

  Financing for Development, 2000

  This article outlines the impact the financial crisis has had on growth and development, especially in developing countries.Conclusions:Given the inherent instability of international capital movements, recent experience shows that any country closely integrated into the global financial system is susceptible to financial crises and currency turmoil.
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  Eliminating world poverty: making globalisation work for the poor

  DFID White Paper on Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor, 2000

  While progress has been made over the years in development, many challenges yet remain in order to make globalisation work for the poor.
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  Effects of fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policy on the structure of South African growth and employment

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2000

  The major thesis of the paper is that the macroeconomic policy environment has favoured financial stability over economic growth and that this has been an important element in the failure of the economy to meet the targets of the government's macroeconomic program: Growth, Employment, and Redistribution (GEAR).

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