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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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  Effects of financial globalization on developing countries: some empirical evidence

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on the impact of financial globalisation for developing countries.
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  Institutions, trade, and growth: revisiting the evidence

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2003

  Several recent papers have attempted to identify the partial effects of trade integration and institutional quality on long-run growth using the geographical determinants of trade and the historical determinants of institutions as instruments.This paper argues show that many of the specifications in these papers are weakly identified despite the apparently good performance of the instruments in
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  Water and the least developed countries

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This paper begins by providing background information on least developed countries (LDCs) which are the world's 49 poorest, and comparing them with other developing countries.
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  Migration and chronic poverty

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002

  This paper examines the links between migration and chronic poverty and argues that since migration is a central livelihood strategy for poor people it has to be considered within the overall context of research on chronic poverty.
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  Democracy, regime stability, and growth

  Department of Economics, Stockholm University, 2002

  This study argues that a weak relation between democracy and economic growth found in previous studies is due to the neglect of the increase of stability of institutions over time, and the interaction of this stability with the type of political regime.
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  Global Employment Trends 2002

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This report estimates that the number of unemployed grew by 20 million since the beginning of 2001 to reach about 180 million at the end of 2002, and that the increase was most severe among women. In addition an increasing number of young people entering the labour market were unable to find jobs.
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  Technology policies and acquisition of technological capabilities in the industrial sector: a comparative analysis of the Indian and Korean experience

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2001

  This paper reviews the science and technology policy of India and Korea in a comparative perspective to draw relevant lessons for India. It shows that policies, strategies and structures of science and technology evolved under a planned development approach in both Korea and India.
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  WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing: impact on Indian textile & clothing industry

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2001

  With the phasing out of quotas in global trade in textile and clothing, while the world’s markets would become more accessible to competitive players, the ones not so competitive are at grave danger of being marginalised, if not completely wiped out. The author claims that in this sense, the quota phase-out from 2005 is an opportunity as well as a threat.
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  Trade liberalisation and industrial productivity: an assessment of developing country experiences

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002

  This paper reviews the literature on the impact of trade liberalisation on productivity growth for developing countries. In particular, it focusses on countries from three regions: Latin America, Africa and Asia.

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