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    Globalization and equity in the Arab World

    Global Development Network, 2003
    Research into the practical experience of globalisation shows it to be a process of rapid economic integration among countries driven by liberalisation of trade, investment and capital flows, as well as technological change, so why is globalisation feared in the Arab world?
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    New rules, new roles: does PSP benefit the poor?

    Wateraid, 2003
    This synthesis paper reports on the impact of the increasing role of the private sector in the provision of water services and resources on the rural and urban poor in 10 developing countries.
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    Foreign direct investment in Southern Africa: determinants, characteristics and implications for economic growth and poverty alleviation

    Gapresearch.org, IDS, 2002
    This paper presents the findings of a study analyzing the major factors determining the form and volume of private foreign direct investment in Southern Africa. This study aims to ascertain (i) what are the primary motivations for investment in Southern Africa and (ii) whether the form of new foreign investment influences its developmental effects.
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    Globalisation and children’s rights: what role for the private sector?

    Save the Children Fund, 2002
    This report looks at two aspects of economic globalisation and how they impact on children's rights: foreign private sector investment and the privatisation of basic services.The two major concerns of the authors are that:the investment liberalisation agreements of the WTO are targeting the removal of government entry criteria for foreign investment that ensure such investment benefits
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    Increasing trade and investment: policies, institutions, and development assistance

    Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
    First in a series of USAID policy briefs which will "explore solutions to the challenges of international development".
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    What Role for the Private Sector?: A Pragmatic Approach to EU ACP Relations

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999
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    New technologies and the global race for knowledge

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999
    The recent great strides in technology present tremendous opportunities for human developmenbut achieving that potential depends on how technology is used.
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    Global farming systems study: challenges and priorities to 2030

    Rural Development Strategy Team, World Bank, 2001
    For more than a decade, the proportion of internationally supported public investment directed at agriculture and the rural sector in developing countries has been declining. Moreover, this is occuring at a time in which the process of globalisation is changing patters of trade and investment, placing agricultural producers and communities under tremendous pressure to adapt in order to survive.
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    Social impact of globalisation in Southeast Asia

    OECD Development Centre, 2001
    The paper focuses on four Southeast Asian economies, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It looks at the underlying factors explaining the variance between the experience of these countries.

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