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    Remittances: "the money of the migrants"

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004
    This brief paper summarises knowledge on migrant remittances in three main areas: the volume of global and regional remittances; the development role of remittances and how this money is used; and how the market for remittance transfers functions.Volume of remittances:Remittances have become the second largest capital inflow to developing countries behind foreign direct investmen
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    Peripheral participants in global production networks: changing dynamics in the transformation from industrial to intellectual capitalism

    Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, 2003
    What are the modernisation patterns, found in newly integrated peripheral countries and why does hierarchical coordination in global production networks persist?The paper goes against a near consensus in theoretical literature, arguing that hierarchical coordination persists in global production networks (GPNs).
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    Entry modes of foreign direct investment in china: a multinomial logit approach

    Lancaster University Management School, 2004
    Based on transactions cost economics, the study establishes a multinomial logit model in which foreign invested firms are allowed to choose among the four entry modes of FDI in China.
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    Role of multilateral and regional trade disciplines: Kyrgyzstan’s experience

    Center for Social and Economic Research in Kyrgyzstan,, Kyrgyzstan, 2004
    This paper analyzes the process of Kyrgyzstan’s WTO accession and its impact on the republic’s economy and foreign trade balance.The author’s main finding is that the republic’s accession to the WTO did not improve the country’s imports and exports and did not lead to a significant increase in FDI.
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    Will the Millennium Challenge Account be different?

    Washington Quarterly, 2003
    This paper examines the implications of the Bush administration's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), and the possible ramifications for the allocation and delivery of U.S. foreign assistance.
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    Popular attitudes, globalization, and risk

    Institute for International Economics, USA, 2004
    This paper looks at the variables in a country attracting FDI, getting better debt rating, and having more local entrepeneurship.It argues that opposition to globalisation may be interpreted, perhaps mistakenly, as xenophobia or hostility to market economics.
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    India's outward FDI: a giant awakening?

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004
    This paper explores the tremendous increase of outward FDI flows from India, which has grown from $0.6 billion in 1996 to $5.1 billion in 2003, taking India to 14th place in terms of outward FDI stock among developing economies.Key findings of the study include: the most important destinations of Indian outward FDI to-date are the United States (19%) and the Russian Federation (18%), an
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    Does foreign direct investment decrease corruption?

    Institute of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile / Instituto de Economia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2004
    Previous studies have highlighted the fact that corruption tends to deter foreign direct investment (FDI) but have not investigated the possibility of effects in the opposite direction. This paper attempts to assess the effect of trade openness, as measured by inflows of FDI, on corruption at the country level.
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    Dictatorship, democracy and institutions: macro policy in China and India

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004
    This article explores whether macroeconomic policies are influenced by the political structure. The authors compare reform period policy choices and outcomes in China and India.
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    Synergies between the ODA and private investment: the 1993-2003 experience in Vietnam

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
    As part of the OECD Global Forum on International Investment, the paper focuses on the official development assistance (ODA) given to this country over the course of Doi moi -Vietnam’s economic renovation- which started in late 1980s.The paper highlights the impact of ODA on the investment environment, particularly trade policies, transport and power sectors as well as the state of human resour

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