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    The use of "asset swaps" by institutional investors in South Africa

    World Bank, 2003
    Developing countries’ restrictions on international investment are designed to protect foreign exchange reserves and limit capital flight, but also have the effect of preventing institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies from diversifying their country risk.This paper argues that for developing countries, asset swaps, whereby institutional investors agree to swap the
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    Investment and sustainable development: a guide to the use and potential of international investment agreements

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004
    This paper examines the role played by international investment agreements (IIAs) in fostering sustainable development. It reviews the various rights and obligations, and arbitration rules of regional, bilateral and multilateral investment agreements.It finds that there is a need to reconsider the underlying purposes, substantive content and processes associated with IIAs.
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    Chasing the dragon: accounting for the under performance of India by comparison with China in attracting foreign direct investment

    Development Studies Association, UK and Ireland, 2003
    This paper seeks to explain why, although both China and India had similar levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the late 1970s, China now attracts far more FDI than India.The analysis focuses on the way in which national and sub-national governments have gone about the task of promoting inward foreign direct investment, and also considers how the governments of the two countries have fa
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    Exploring the role of development cooperation agencies in corporate responsibility

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
    The paper examines what donors are doing to promote and enable corporate responsibility. It presents findings from a conference held in March 2004.
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    Transmission of knowledge and innovation in Poland: role of trade and foreign investment

    Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland, 2002
    This paper examines the importance of the two leading elements of technology transmission into Poland: high- technology imports and foreign direct investment; and how they contribute to the productivity of Poland’s manufacturing industry.In Poland, industries have a limited accumulation of knowledge and technology.
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    Trade reforms in India ten years on: how has it fared compared to its East Asian neighbours?

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002
    This paper examines the impact of India’s economic reforms in the 1990s on its international trade linkages with the rest of the world. The paper summarises recent trade reforms in India and documents the extent to which the country has integrated with the global trading system.
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    International investment and human rights: political and legal issues

    Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2003
    This paper constitutes an exploratory examination of some of the issues involved in the foreign investment-human rights nexus. It studies the patterns of global investment flows and the legal mechanisms that regulate them, as well as human rights legislation.
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    How can developing countries benefit from globalization: the case of China

    Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2003
    China’s experience has often been used as a successful example to prove that developing countries can actually benefit from globalisation.
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    Complex approach to creating favorable conditions for investors: experience of the Novgorod oblast

    Institute for Financial Studies, Russian Federation, 2002
    The full text of this paper is in Russian language only.This paper explores why, in spite of poor initial economic conditions, the regional administration of Novgorod oblast in the Russian Federation has out perfomed similar Russian regions.
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    Land theme paper (sustainable livelihoods)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000
    This paper examines the challenges of institutional, organisational and policy reform around land in Southern Africa. It analyses the land situation in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and identifies key issues for further research in each of these countries. Findings include:

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