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  Trade-finance linkages and gender: implications to Asian women

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2006

  Are linkages between trade and finance more theoretical than a reality, and what are the gender implications? This journal addresses some of these questions, with an emphasis on impacts for Asian women.
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  Real exchange rate and international reserves in the era of growing financial and trade integration

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006

  Volatility in the exchange rate can reduce growth for countries with relatively low levels of financial development. Exchange rates in developing country economies can be particularly vulnerable to economic shocks from rapid falls in the terms of trade (the price of a country’s exports relative to its imports) and from changes in short- and long-term flows of capital into the economy.
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  The Asian drivers: financial flows into and out of Asia, and implications for developing countries

  Asian Drivers Programme, Institute of Development Studies, 2005

  This paper explores the current and potential future impact of Asia's financial flows for the rest of the world. The paper draws out the main types of financial flows to and from Asia, and points out their financial and macroeconomic implications for developing countries. In addition, the authors make suggestions for potential of future research.
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  Identifying financial constraints under trade liberalisation: lessons from Kenya, Uganda and Ghana

  Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2006

  This paper explores the influence that financial sector deficits have had on a country's export performance under trade liberalisation.
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  Trade, FDI, and the organisation of firms

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006

  This literature review examines new trends and developments in the theories of international trade and foreign direct investment..In particular it focuses on the need to model alternative forms of business involvement in foreign activities.The theoretical refinements identified have focused on the individual firm, studying its choices in response to its own characteristics, the nature of th
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  Down the plughole: why bringing water into WTO services negotiations would unleash a development disaster

  ActionAid International, 2005

  Poor countries are under intense pressure in the World Trade Organization's GATS negotiations to open their service markets and "progressively liberalise" key sectors – such as water delivery – to foreign corporations.
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  Reality check: the distributional impact of privatization in developing countries

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2005

  This report looks at the privatisation of state-owned enterprises as a market reform. The volume brings together a comprehensive set of country studies on the effects of privatisation on people.
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  Promoting fair globalization in textiles and clothing in a post-MFA environment

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  In January 2005 the Multifibre Arrangement, which had placed quotas on textile exports for all countries, was finally phased out completely. It is understood that there will be winners from this situation. Countries such as China and India, for example, with well-developed capacity in production and large, relatively cheap labour forces, have been restricted by the quota system.
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  Trade liberalisation, export orientation and employment in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2005

  This study describes the trade liberalisation process as well as the general patterns of trade and export performance of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and attempts to assess sectoral labour market impacts.
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  Trade and structural adjustment

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This identifies both for developed and developing countries, the requirements for successful trade-related structural adjustment via the reallocation of labour and capital to more efficient uses, while limiting adjustment costs for individuals, communities and society as a whole.

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