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  Public debt in developing countries: has the market-based model worked?

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2005

  This paper examines why significant levels of public debt and external finance are more likely to have enhanced macroeconomic vulnerability than economic growth in developing countries.
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  First quarter economic performance

  Intergovernmental Panel on Forests, CSD, 2004

  The economic report of the first quarter 2004 of the Philippines shows evidence of GDP growth.
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  Trends and patterns of technology acquisition in Indian organized manufacturing: an inter-industry exploration

  Gujarat Institute of Development Research, India, 2005

  With liberalisation of foreign technology import policy in the 1990s, India has seen declining R&D intensity at a national level.
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  What's keeping the apples away? addressing the market integration issue

  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2005

  India is a major producer of apples with only bananas and mangos having a larger area under cultivation in the country as a whole. In recent years outside imports of apples have provided real competition to domestic producers.
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  Are exports the engine of economic growth? an application of cointegration and causality analysis for Egypt, 1977-2003

  African Development Bank, 2005

  The paper examines the export-led growth (ELG) paradigm for Egypt, using historical data from 1977 to 2003. During this period, Egypt changed its economic philosophy from central planning and government intervention to one based on a free market economy.
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  External debt management and the debt situation in the ESCWA region: case studies on Jordon and Lebanon

  Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2004

  A number of developing countries faced debt-servicing problems and the international debt crisis began to unfold in the 1980s. Several international factors contributed to the debt crisis of the 1970s and 1980s, namely, a surge in oil prices, recession in the industrialized countries, high interest rates and weak commodity prices.
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  Globalisation, education and training: insights from the South African automotive sector

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  Through an examination of skills development within the South African automotive industry (focusing particularly on the cases of DaimlerChrysler South Africa and BMW South Africa) the author seeks to shed further light on the broader debate on the relationship between globalisation and education and training.
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  Malaysia: an overview of the legal framework for foreign direct investment

  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002

  Among the Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia has keenly attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In this respect, it has constantly striven to maintain the competitiveness of FDI determinants, including the legal infrastructure. Today, Malaysia is encountering fresh challenges, for FDI flows seem to have declined in the region.
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  Trade and foreign direct investment in services: a review

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2005

  The services sector has emerged as the largest and fastest-growing sector in the world economy in the last two decades, providing more than sixty percent of global output and, in many countries, an even larger share of employment.This paper undertakes a selective review of both theoretical as well as empirical studies on trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in services.
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  Finance in lower-income countries: an empirical exploration

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2005

  This paper considers how a comprehensive set of factors associated with financial sector development and performance relates to financial sector performance in low-income countries (LICs).

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