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    NEPAD and the African ‘resource gap’: a critical examination

    Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2002
    The ‘New Partnership for Africa’s Development’ (NEPAD) is the latest attempt by African leaders to formulate an initiative to boost development on the continent, but is it a feasible approach for the continent?
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    The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

    Oxfam, 2003
    This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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    Ranking the rich: the first annual CGD/FP commitment to development index

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2003
    Foreign Policy and the Center for Global Development have developed a new ranking system that grades the efforts of the 21 richest nations to assist the development of poorer nations.
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    Economic insecurity and the globalization of production

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2002
    This paper presents a theoretical framework clarifying a critical mechanism through which globalization can increase individual economic insecurity.
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    The employment impact of globalisation in developing countries

    Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002
    This paper discusses the analytical framework of the globalisation-employment relationship in developing countries, focusing on the manufacturing sector.The authors argue that the neo-liberal conclusion that simply opening up economies to global market forces is a good - perhaps the only - way to promote employment and growth today is unwarranted.
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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, 2002
    It 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?
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    Foreign control, financial structures and financial performance of Japanese and US firms in Indian manufacturing

    Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2001
    Do 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.
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    Costa Rica’s technology strategy: roots and outcomes

    UNDP Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countires, 2002
    Electronics and medical services are growing sectors in Costa Rica, which now has the most software exports per capita in Latin America.
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    Indicators of the relative importance of IPRs in developing countries

    Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002
    This 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, whil
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    Net foreign assets and external market structure: evidence from the Middle East

    Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2001
    Recent years have witnessed substantial changes in the composition of capital flows to developing countries, with FDI and equity flows playing an increasing role.

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