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  The analysis of emerging policy issues in development finance : a survey of the literature

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  A survey of recent economic literature and a case for improving capacity in developing countries to monitor and analyze data on private capital flows, especially portfolio investment flows (through both debt and non debt instruments).Gooptu makes a case for improving capacity in developing countries to monitor and analyze data on private capital flows, especially portfolio investment flows (thr
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  Adjusting to New Realities: MENA, The Uruguay Round, and the EU-Mediterranean Initiative

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997

  The MENA region, with the exception of the GCC economies, is lagging behind in trade liberalization. This delay has had a negative impact on production efficiency and consumer welfare and will become more costly given the increasing globalization and integration of the world economy. It is likely to reduce the region's attractiveness for foreign investment.
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  Institutions in transition : reliability of rules and economic performance in former Socialist countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
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  The Political Economy of Policy Failure in Zambia

  Swedish Working Papers in Economics, 2000

  Zambia’s experience in the 1990s illustrates that, on their own, policy changes will not redress decades of mismanagement, especially when the degree of commitment of the elite remains unaltered.In 1991, the Movement for Multiparty Democracy won the elections on a reform platform, promising to reverse the economic decline and to introduce more inclusive politics.
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  Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance (Finance for Development in Africa - An issues paper)

  Financing for Development, 2000

  The aim of this Issues Paper is to review the mix of actions necessary to finance the developmental goals of Africa and to present policy options for the consideration of African Finance Ministers.Policy recommendations:While it is essential to mobilise all domestic resources to reduce the resource gap this will only be feasible in the long term.
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  Year 2000 country profile: the status of Tanzania with the IMF and the World Bank

  Globalization Challenge Initiative, 2000

  Globalization Challenge Initiative (GCI) publishes the SAP Information Alert Series in order to promote informed debate about IMF and World Bank-financed operations, including the potential political, economic, social and environmental consequences of sectoral and strucural adjustment programs.
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  Racing to the bottom?: foreign investment and air quality in developing countries

  New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 2000

  This article looks at whether globalisation could trigger an environmental "race to the bottom", in which competition for investment and jobs relentlessly degrade environmental standards. The "race to the bottom" theory is tested by examining firstly, air quality data in industrialised countries and selected developing countries (China, Mexico, Brazil).
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  The least developed countries 2000 report: aid, private capital flows and external debt: the challenge of financing development in the LDC

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000

  This Report briefly reviews economic growth and social trends in the 1990s. But it focuses in particular on the question of financing development in the least developed countries.
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  The progress of policy reform and variations in performance at the sub-national level in India

  Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999

  The reform process in India has so far mainly concentrated at the central level. India has yet to free up its state governments sufficiently so that they can add much greater dynamism to the reforms.
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  Africans query World Bank, IMF governance mantra

  Bretton Woods Project, 2001

  This article discusses the recent trip of President James Wolfensohn and IMF Managing Director Horst Koehler to Mali and Tanzania to meet 22 African leaders in February. The theme of their visit was discussions concerning good governance.Ironically, the efforts to listen to civil society groups directly were minimal.

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