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  State hegemony, macro effects and private enterprise in Malawi

  Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2002

  This paper examines the cause and effect relationship between public sector expansion and macroeconomic aggregates, and their implications for private enterprise.
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  A foreign affair? How far does Africa need foreign banks?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Free foreign bank entry is essential to financial liberalisation in Africa. It is also integral to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) protocols on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) embraced by most African governments. What are the pros and cons of free foreign bank entry? What are the implications for local domestic banks?
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  A shake up for African banks: the effect of liberalisation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  The move to liberalise African banking is gaining momentum. Do African banks have reasons to fear the consequences of liberalisation or does it give them opportunities to restructure and compete with international banks in African-wide or regional markets?
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  Tariff and FDI liberalization: what to expect from China's entry into the WTO?

  Global Development Network, 2002

  What features determine the final outcome of the liberalisation process? Who gains and loses with the liberalisation of FDI?
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  Social impact of international trade and multinational corporations activities on the people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria: a comparative analysis by gender, generation and socio-cultural differences

  Global Development Network, 2002

  For nearly three decades, petroleum production and consumption has probably brought out both the best and worst of modern civilization in Nigeria.
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  Supermarkets and farming in Latin America: pointing directions for elsewhere?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002

  This paper identifies why supermarkets have grown so rapidly in Latin America, what the impacts on producers have been, and whether the pattern might be repeated in other regions.The policy conclusions are:Supermarkets occupy roughly 60% of the national retail sectors in Latin America, and around half this level of fresh fruit and vegetable productsFactors underpinning their growth
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  The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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  Alternative paths to prosperity: economic integration among Arab countries

  Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2003

  This paper assesses trade liberalization strategies for achieving economic prosperity in Tunisia and Egypt.
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  The long-run effects of trade on income and income growth

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2003

  While most economists agree that increased trade leads to an increase in average income, there is uncertainty whether trade can affect the long-run growth rate of the economy. Traditionally, the growth rate in the long run is affected by exogenous technological progress.
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  Distribution services: India and the GATS 2000 Negotiations

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002

  This study examines India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in distribution services in the context of the ongoing GATS (General Agreement on trade in Services) 2000 negotiations.India is a small player in the global market for distribution services.

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