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    Locational aspects of FDI in the post-liberalisation period: some tentative observations

    Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 1999
    Prior to 1991, India’s licensing system had been used as a major policy instrument for influencing the location of large investment projects, and sought to favour disadvantaged parts of the country.
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    Tax compliance costs and non-filing behaviour

    National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, 2004
    Previous studies have indicated that 89 per cent of potential taxpayers in India did not file tax returns. Yet empirical evidence and theoretical work on characteristics of ‘non-filers’ is limited. This paper presents a simple model of non-filing behaviour and makes predictions about the incidence and costs of non-filing in general.
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    International investment perspectives

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
    The articles in the report cover a wide range of investment topics, the highlights of which include:foreign direct investment (FDI) in the OCED continued to fall in 2003. This appears to be due to the sluggish macroeconomic performance of many of the larger OCED economies, not least Europe.
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    Sustainable development: the emerging paradigm in Asia

    Singapore Institute of International Affairs, 2002
    This paper examines the way in which the sustainability paradigm is emerging in Asia.
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    Attracting investment to China

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003
    This paper examines China's progress to date in attracting foreign investment and in moving towards a more rules-based business environment.Highlights of the paper include:China has made significant progress in providing a business environment conducive to foreign direct investment (FDI) since the major shift to economic reform in 1978FDI has enabled China to establish new branches
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    The impact of foreign direct investment on poverty reduction: a survey of literature and a temporary finding from Indonesia

    Center for Industrial Economic Studies, Faculty of Economics, University of Trisakti, Indonesia, 2004
    This study focuses on the experience of Indonesia with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and all the economic reforms that have been undertaken to attract such investment.
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    GDN Project Country study: Croatia

    Global Development Network, 2002
    This paper assesses the various elements that have both harmed and aided in the growth process of Croatia. Due to its unique hybrid political system of free-market economies and state sanctioned socialism, Croatia was in a favourable position relative to other CEECs before radical transformation as a result of the war during 1991-4.
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    Financial constraints and growth: multinational and local firm responses to currency crises

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
    This paper studies the effects of financial constraints on firm growth by investigating if large depreciations differentially impact multinational affiliates and local firms in emerging markets. U.S.
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    How does social development affect FDI and domestic investment?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    Organisations such as the World Bank have tended to assume that institutional reforms designed to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) will increase overall investment levels in an economy by also increasing domestic investment.
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    Review of the municipal finance development in Russia in 1992-2002

    Institute for Urban Economics,, Russian Federation, 2003
    This study reviews Russian municipal fiscal autonomy reports over the last decade. It is based on statistics provided by the Russian Finance Ministry as well as on budget report data covering the same period. The study first analyzes the process of the reform of the Russian municipal fiscal system following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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