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  The Argentine pension reform and its relevance for Eastern Europe

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997

  Discussion of the reforms undertaken in the Latin American pension system and the relevance of the Argentine experience to Eastern European countries.
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  Intergovernmental fiscal transfer in nine countries : lessons for developing countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997

  How nine major countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States—handle intergovernmental fiscal transfers, with an emphasis on equalization transfers and a special look at fiscal transfers in China.
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  How Estonia's economic transition affected employment and wages (1989-95)

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
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  Trade liberalisation in Sub-Saharan Africa : case study of South Africa

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1995

  A striking feature of South Africa's trade liberalisation is that, until 1995, it did not involve any import liberalisation. The focus of earlier liberalisation was the reduction of anti-export bias, and, on the import side, the replacement of QRs with equivalent tariffs and other duties. This distinguishes the process in South Africa from that which has happened in other African liberalisations.
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  National systems of innovation under strain: the internationalisation of corporate R & D

  Science and Technology Policy Research, Sussex, 1998

  The central components of national systems of innovation in the advanced OECD countries are the innovative activities performed by practitioners (mainly businesses), and the basic research and related training performed by universities.
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  Thematic Evaluation on Environment and Development in the Finnish Development Co-operation

  Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1998

  Outline of research programme to evaluate: Relevance and adequacy of the adopted policies and guidelines of the Finnish development co-operation, in particular, in the light of international environmental policies, agreements and obligations adhered to by Finland Usefulness, coherence and effectiveness of the environmental policies and guidelines as instruments for integrating env
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  Environmental Development Co-operation Opportunities: Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

  Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1998

  Report to assess the environmental development co-operation opportunities in four Central Asian countries - Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The report discusses briefly the socioeconomic situation, the major environmental concerns and the structure of environmental concerns and the structure of environmental administration in the countries reviewed.
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  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: procurement opportunities

  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1999

  Contains procurement policy and rules, standard tender documents and guidelines, procurement notices, project pipeline and contract awards.
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  Tomorrow's World: Britain's share in a Sustainable Future: summary

  Friends of the Earth, 1998

  A quarter of a century ago, Governments from around the world met to discuss how conventional development could be changed to tackle two severe global problems, poverty and environmental destruction. Many inter-governmental meetings have followed, and for the last decade business has increasingly engaged this agenda.
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  Global Restructuring: Lessons, Myths, and Challenges

  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, 1998

  Roll back the clock about ten years and allow yourself a sneak preview of three powerful forces that would forever change the global landscape — the demise of communism, the blossoming of the Information Age, and the virtual end of inflation. You would have probably concluded that the global village was about to enter a period of sustained peace, stability, and solid economic growth. Guess again.

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