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    Foreign direct investment: bringing jobs and new skills to southern Africa?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is foreign direct investment (FDI) set to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation in the states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)? Are investor fears of instability and the slow progress in creating a free trade environment restricting potential FDI flows? Can FDI be attracted to all the SADC states, and not only to the economic magnet of South Africa?
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    Globalisation and employment: working for the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Globalisation is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. ‘Globaphobes’ attribute most of the ills of the world to globalisation. The anti- globalisation movement has focused attention on the extent to which decisions affecting the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people are made in international fora – at which the poor have no voice.
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    Neither town nor country: understanding China’s new rural enterprises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What are the implications of international capital finding its way into China’s rural enterprise sector? What are the outcomes of globalisation in developing non-urban regions? How have local authorities responded to external forces? What conceptual tools are required to explain the growth of densely populated areas of mixed agriculture and non- agricultural enterprises?
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    Transnational corporate accountability: Insights from South Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    People in developing countries are increasingly affected by the activities of multinational companies, yet it is difficult for them to hold those companies to account in court. What lessons can be learnt from two recent foreign direct liability cases brought against northern multinationals?
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    Foreign direct investment and poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Although foreign direct investment (FDI) contributes to growth in developing countries, there is evidence that the benefits are not equally distributed. Foreign- owned firms tend to pay higher wages in developing countries, but skilled workers tend to benefit more than less-skilled workers. What contribution does FDI make towards poverty reduction?
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    Exploring the globalisation-poverty linkage: findings from South Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Does globalisation lead to higher growth rates and reduction in absolute poverty? How should economists disentangle and quantify the impact of globalisation shocks from other influences? How can we judge whether those with very little connectedness to the world economy are being affected by globalisation?
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    Has British business missed the boat in Latin America?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America rose dramatically in the 1990s in response to opportunities stimulated by the spate of privatisations and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A). How have British enterprises responded to Latin America’s new economic environment? Have they worked to establish global export platforms?
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    Tiger tactics? Should governments intervene?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    A shibboleth of the age of globalisation is that governments must not intervene in trade and industry. Is there a role for targeted interventions in industrialisation - most recently evidenced by the success of the East Asian Tigers? Are developing country governments powerless as the IMF, WTO and donors deny them instruments of policy used throughout history to promote industrial development?
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    Foreign direct investment and income inequality in Latin America

    International Economic Development Group, ODI, 2003
    The paper positions Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the debate on income inequality in Latin America. The paper offers causes of income inequality and a review of the debate on FDI and development.
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    The economic impact of child labour

    International Labour Organization, 2001
    This paper contains a theoretical discussion and a literature survey on the economic impact of child labour.Three main categories of economic impact of child labour are analysed:the effects of child labour at the micro family level, particularly on family poverty both in the short and in the long runthe effects of child labour on long-run growth and social development through a numb

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