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  Strategic intellectual property rights policy and north-south technology transfer

  Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, 2005

  This paper joins the debate on whether weak or strong protection for intellectual property in developing countries better promotes development. It gives an analysis of the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) within the framework of the WTO TRIPS agreement.
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  Population health and foreign direct investment: does poor health signal poor government effectiveness?

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  This policy brief assesses the links between the level of health of a population and the level of FDI in that country.The study finds that there is some empirical evidence that suggests that population health levels are indeed correlated with FDI, and that one reason why poor health depresses FDI—in addition to the traditional productivity arguments—is because it may serve as a signal of the ge
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  How does China’s growth affect poverty reduction in Asia, Africa and Latin America?

  Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2004

  This study assesses China’s growth on the world economy and its implications of this for poverty reduction in other developing countries and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The growth of China has implications for other countries through its impact on their exports to China itself (positive) and to third countries (negative), and through their imports from China.
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  On the brink: weak states and US national security

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2004

  This report outlines shortcomings in the United States’ policy towards nations on the verge of collapse or recovering from conflict, and presents an action framework for improvement.The Commission identified three capability gaps that differentiate a troubled or weak state from simply a poor one:the security gap: where the state is failing to control territory and protect citizens from
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  Doing business in or with Burma

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This paper explores the current situation in Burma, with a particular focus on the conditions for potential and current foreign investment.It answers the following questions:who owns the economy - who do you need to deal with when conduction business in Burma?how to read statistics on levels of FDI and tradehow much of this money is going to the junta what happens to the tax
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  Are foreign investors attracted to weak environmental regulations?: evaluating the evidence from China

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2005

  The study examines the whether pollution-intensive industries from rich countries relocate to poor countries with weaker environmental standards.
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  Multinational investment, international trade and contracts in transition economies: a case study for food-industries

  European Development Research Network, 2004

  This paper investigates the effects of food-multinationals’ activity in terms of social welfare, in order to understand their role in the economic development of transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe.Main findings of the study include:equilibrium non-binding contract is preferred by both players to the equilibrium binding contractforeign direct investments have gained i
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  Estimating the determinants of foreign direct investment inflows: how important are sampling and omitted variable biases?

  European Development Research Network, 2004

  This paper investigates the importance of institutions vis-à-vis factor endowments as determinants of FDI inflows to the transition economies in Central Europe and in the former Soviet Union.
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  The emerging foreign investment regime in the Americas

  Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2005

  This paper examines the nature of the emerging foreign investment regime in the Americas, which is defined by the existing multi-layered patchwork of primarily bilateral investment agreements and investment chapters of free trade agreements.Main findings include:there are competing visions of this regime, with most Latin American countries promoting a version that leaves them more flexi
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  Outward foreign direct investment and export competitiveness: the Indian experience

  Gujarat Institute of Development Research, India, 2004

  This paper examines the relationships between the outward investment and export activities of Indian enterprises. It assesses the extent to which Indian enterprises are oriented towards exports, and describes how this relates to their outward investment activities and industrial sector.

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