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    China’s emergence in the global economy and Brazil

    Departamento de Economia, Pontificía Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005
    This paper examines the impact of China’s expanded role in the world economy on trade and investment flows to and from Brazil. It also looks at the challenges emerging for the Brazilian private and public sectors, and the policies and initiatives being taken to meet those challenges.
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    World Investment Report 2004: the shift towards services

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004
    The World Investment Report presents the latest trends in foreign direct investment and explores the shift towards services, with a special analysis of offshoring service activities.Part One discusses recent global and regional trends in FDI and international production by TNCs. Global FDI flows bottomed out in 2003, but there were some regional differences.
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    The impact of China’s FDI surge on FDI in South-East Asia: panel data analysis for 1986-2001

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    This article assesses to whether China’s surge in foreign direct investment inflows is raising concerns that it is taking such investment away from other South-East Asian economies.
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    Debtor-creditor relations in good times and bad

    Jubilee Research, 2005
    This paper examines both short and long term measures aimed at improving creditor-debtor relations so that they contribute to fostering human development.It highlights that, while attention must be directed towards finding a short-term solution to the immediate problems of severely debt-distressed economies it is also critical that consideration be given to broader long-term proposals for a mor
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    Global Development Finance 2005: mobilising finance and managing vulnerability

    World Bank, 2005
    This annual review provides an insight into recent trends and prospects for financial flows to developing countries, and World Bank assessment of the global outlook in light of the recent economic recovery.Highlights of this report include:global economic growth reached 3.8 percent in 2004 - the fastest rate in four yearsthe strong recovery of capital flows to developing countries t
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    The evolution and upgrading of Indonesia’s industry

    Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004
    This paper describes Indonesia’s rapid economic development during the past three decades, focusing on changes in economic structure, trade patterns and policy.
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    Corruption in international business transactions: the perspective of Norwegian firms

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    The paper aims at obtaining a better understanding of the dynamics of corruption in international business transactions, focusing particularly on the perspectives of Norwegian firms.
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    Macroeconomic policies, the environment, natural resources and welfare in developing countries

    Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2004
    The paper reviews the literature on the relationships between macroeconomic policies and the environment, natural resources and population welfare in developing countries on the other. It focuses on issues of: taxes and subsidies, such as those affecting sectors that extract natural resources or strongly influence the environment, and the environmental and resource/welfare effects of t
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    The impact of FDI on development: globalisation of R&D by transnational corporations and implications for developing countries

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    This paper examines key issues related to the trends towards globalisation of R&D and its implications for developing countries.
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    Exploring the relationship between FDI flows and CDM potential

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    This article provides an overview of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is an element of the United Nations Kyoto Protocol, and questions the assumption that CDM flows will essentially mimic foreign direct investment (FDI) flows.

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