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    Asia's winds of change

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    This article reviews some of the key factors behind Asia's transformation and the challenges Asia faces in adapting to the rapid pace of globalisation.While Asia has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 50 years and has become a driving force in the global economy, the authors contend that governments in the region must reform to become flexible enough to reap the benefits of glo
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    Nationality and multinationals in historical perspective

    Harvard Business School, 2006
    This paper provides a historical perspective to current debates whether large global firms are becoming divorced from the nation state. The paper points out that there are considerable ambiguities and complexities involved in the issue of the relationship between multinationals and nationality.
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    From liberalization to investment and jobs: lost in translation

    Third World Network, 2006
    The author argues that developing countries that have undergone rapid liberalisation have on average experienced disappointing capital accumulation and growth.The author concludes that:while macroeconomic stability may be necessary to sustain rapid accumulation and growth, it is not sufficientprice stability on its own cannot secure stability in macroeconomic aggregates and relative
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    Beware of emigrants bearing gifts: optimal fiscal and monetary policy in the presence of remittances

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    The World Bank’s recent Global Economic Prospects (World Bank, 2006) estimates official remittances received by developing countries in 2005 were $167 billion, up 73 percent from 2001.
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    World economic situation and prospects 2006: Executive Summary

    UN, 2006
    The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the United Nations' annual analysis of current developments in the world economy and emerging policy issues. It contains the Secretariat's forecast of short-term global and regional economic trends.
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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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    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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    Global aging and fiscal policy with international labor mobility: a political economy perspective

    International Monetary Fund, 2005
    This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. It looks at links between migration, aging, the economy and politics in sending countries.

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