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  Clean up your computer: working conditions in the electronics sector

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2004

  This paper analyses the labour standards and working conditions in computing manufacturing, particularly in developing countries where many stages of computer production are carried out by low-skilled and low-paid workers.The paper finds that unlike their counterparts in the clothing and footwear sector, computer companies have thus far escaped scrutiny on labour issues.
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  The pull and push factors in North-South private capital flows: conceptual issues and empirical estimates

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003

  This paper attempts to explain private capital flows to developing countries through a model framework that approaches the issue from the perspective of a capital-exporting developed country and which also takes cognizance of developments in other industrialised countries that could be competing with developing countries for private capital flows.
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  Determinants of European Union enterprises relocation in Bulgaria

  Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria, 2003

  In 1997, a massive flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Bulgaria was triggered by the introduction of the Currency Board and International Monetary Fund agreements.
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  Towards a socially sustainable world economy: an analysis of the social pillars of globalization

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  This paper presents a synthesis of the main results of a study of the social impact of globalisation in seven countries (Bangladesh, Chile, the Republic of Korea, Mauritius, Poland, South Africa and Switzerland), and discusses a range of analytical and policy issues of relevance to International Labor Organization (ILO) member states.Findings include:globalisation is a multifaceted proc
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  The new global determinants of FDI flows to developing countries

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003

  This paper investigates the determinants of FDI inflows to developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the impact of the ‘third wave of democratisation’ that started in the early 1980s and the spread of information and communication technology (ICT) that began in the late 1980s.The paper finds:democratisation and ICT increase FDI inflows to developing countriesat present the
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  Migrant remittances to developing countries: a scoping study: overview and introduction to issues for pro-poor financial services

  Bannock Consulting, 2003

  This study offers an introduction to remittances and their developmental contributions, with a particular focus on issues related to financial services.
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  Private capital flows to Africa: perception and reality

  Forum on Debt and Development, 1999

  This book presents the facts on the scale and composition of private capital flows to Africa and the difficulties in monitoring them, looks at what motivates people to invest, focuses on the macroeconomic impact and policy implications of capital flows, and identifies measures which will help African governments to attract more development-oriented private flows.
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  International investment treaties and developing countries

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (9th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) analyses the need for a multilateral regulation of investment and the prospects that such an agreement has to take place within the framework of the WTO.Claims include:over the past ten years, foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries has increased five-foldthe increasing globalisation of capital
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  Trade in services

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (7th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) analyses the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and explores its consequences for developing countries.
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  Intellectual property rights

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  This briefing (6th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) analyses the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and its effects for developing countries.Claims include:the inclusion of intellectual property in the Uruguay Round agenda largely resulted from industrial country concern about inadequate protection against imitation, espe

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