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    Growth of Indian multinationals in the world economy: implications for development

    Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2007
    The last few decades have seen the transformation of Indian firms into global entities. This study traces the growth of Indian multinationals and explores their influence on the development processes of both the host countries and at home.
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    Budget monitoring and policy influence: lessons from civil society budget analysis and advocacy initiatives

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    This study examines the issues of budget accountability and budget policies. Within budget acountability it looks at budget groups’ impact on levels of budget transparency, public literacy and awareness of budget issues, and public engagement with budget processes. Budget policy includes for example investigation into the improvements in budget systems and shifts in allocations.
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    Sources of India’s export growth in pre- and post-reform periods

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    What role have liberalisation policies had on India’s exports growth? This paper examines the response of the country’s exports to reforms in domestic policy and changes in world demand. It decomposes India’s export growth during the pre- and post-reform periods into the four effects: • world trade effect: the impact of global trade on Indian exports
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    India rising: faster growth, lower indebtedness

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    This paper examines the links between the public finances and growth in the post-1991 period in India. It particularly focuses on addressing how over the past 25 years, India’s economy has grown at an average real rate of close to 6 percent, and recently accelerating to 9 percent.
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    Asian foreign direct investment in Africa: towards a new era of cooperation among developing countries

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2007
    How might African countries attract a greater proportion of Asian foreign direct investment (FDI)? This book first looks for answers to this question through an examination of the role that FDI played in both the successful economic development strategies of East Asia, and in the Asian financial crisis.
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    Lessons from the field: the impact of civil society budget analysis and advocacy in six countries

    International Budget Partnership, 2007
    Can civil society improve the transparency, accountability and impact of public spending? While anecdotal information has been very encouraging, there is not yet sufficient information available to answer this central question.
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    Expanding collaboration between public audit institutions and civil society

    International Budget Partnership, 2007
    Civil society organisations are increasingly undertaking innovative actions designed to hold governments accountable for the use of public resources. The paper gives concrete examples of civil society participation and audit institution engagement from India, South Africa, the Philippines, Mexico, South Korea and Argentina. It demonstrates that civil so
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    Impact of microfinance: a critical survey

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    Especially during the past 10 years, microfinance programmes have been introduced in many developing economies.
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    Budget analysis and policy advocacy: the role of non-governmental public action

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    Civil society initiatives to improve budget transparency and influence government spending priorities are being introduced in developing countries. This IDS working paper reports on research carried out on six civil society budget groups around the world. The case studies are on a social movement in India, a research institution in Croatia and NGOs in Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Uganda.
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    Crop insurance in India: scope for improvement

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006
    India’s National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) is vital for providing insurance cover to farmers, across regions, across seasons and across crops.

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