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The direct and indirect impact of foreign direct investment on productivity growth in Indian manufacturing
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2002It is claimed that FDI augments investible resources and improves technological standards, efficiency, and competitiveness of domestic industry, but is this true irrespective of the source of the FDI and prevailing economic conditions?DocumentForeign control, financial structures and financial performance of Japanese and US firms in Indian manufacturing
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2001Do foreign companies in India adopt the corporate financial structures of their parent companies at home or do they ignore their financial advantages and follow local financing patterns? This paper attempts to compare the corporate and financial structures of Japanese, U.S. and Indian firms in the Indian manufacturing sector for the year 1997-98.DocumentCosta Rica’s technology strategy: roots and outcomes
UNDP Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countires, 2002Electronics and medical services are growing sectors in Costa Rica, which now has the most software exports per capita in Latin America.DocumentIndicators of the relative importance of IPRs in developing countries
Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002This paper focuses on the long term structural issues concerning the impact of TRIPS on industrial and technology development in poor countries and seeks to indicate the potential significance of IPRs by differentiating developing countries according to the expected impact of stronger protection.The paper first notes the key potential impacts of TRIPS with the authors concluding that that, whilDocumentNet foreign assets and external market structure: evidence from the Middle East
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2001Recent years have witnessed substantial changes in the composition of capital flows to developing countries, with FDI and equity flows playing an increasing role.DocumentDistribution services: India and the GATS 2000 Negotiations
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002This study examines India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in distribution services in the context of the ongoing GATS (General Agreement on trade in Services) 2000 negotiations.India is a small player in the global market for distribution services.DocumentCorruption, perception and Foreign Direct Investment: counting the cost of graft
Institute for Security Studies, 2002This paper looks at recent initiatives taken at an international level to combat corruption, and more importantly the supply side of corruption, ie bribery. These initiatives, although seeking to punish bribe-payers, also place an additional ‘risk’ on doing business in countries, which are perceived as highly corrupt.DocumentTo what extent is East Africa globalised?
Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2002Using an indicator based on data on African trade as a percentage of world trade, it has been argued that Africa is marginalised in global trade, with the proportion of Africa’s exports and imports in world trade marginal and declining over time.The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the extent of marginalisation by using a new index.DocumentForeign direct investment in Southern Africa: determinants, characteristics and implications for economic growth and poverty alleviation
Gapresearch.org, IDS, 2002This paper presents the findings of a study analyzing the major factors determining the form and volume of private foreign direct investment in Southern Africa. This study aims to ascertain (i) what are the primary motivations for investment in Southern Africa and (ii) whether the form of new foreign investment influences its developmental effects.