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    The usefulness of private and public information for foreign investment decisions

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    Information on operating conditions based on direct experience in a country is likely to be the information most credibleto foreign investors. But for investors new to a country, information inferred from observing others investing in that country may bemore influential - and may lead to cascading investments in that country, as happened in China and Vietnam.
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    China and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    In developing countries with little foreign direct investment (FDI), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) can serve as a catalyst for more such investment. In China, which now attracts one third of all FDI in developing countries, MIGA should perhaps help screen that investment and set up demonstration projects to improve the quality and sustainability of FDI.
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    Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment: A Conceptual Framework and Three Cases

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    How regional investment agreements affect the flows of foreign direct investment depends on location, the competitiveness of local firms, the motives for investment, and how the agreement affects the policy environment.Blomstrom and Kokko discuss how regional investment agreements may affect the inward and outward flows of foreign direct investments in the integrating region.
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    Technology Accumulation and Diffusion: Is There a Regional Dimension?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    National patterns of technology diffusion found in country estimates probably reflect sectoral variations more than country variations. They also reflect different degrees of internationalization.Recently, interest in regionalism has mushroomed, and economists have analyzed it not only from the viewpoint of trade but that of foreign investment, macroeconomics, and political economy.
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    High Level Rent Seeking and Corruption in African Regimes: Theory and Cases

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    For international aid and lending institutions: Encourage liberalization, deregulation, and civil service reform where rulers are autocratic but credibly committed to growth and efficiency. Be cautious about financing half-hearted reform in systems ruled by kleptocrats.
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    Intra-Industry Trade of Arab Countries: An Indicator of Potential Competitiveness

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997
    Arab countries today face prospects of trade liberalization as exemplified by the European Union Association Agreements. Whereas few short-term benefits are anticipated, increased competitiveness is expected to spur improvements to efficiency, stimulate foreign investment, generate growth possibilities, and present access to larger markets.
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    Investment Implications of Selected WTO Agreements and the Proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997
    The present multilateral legal framework on investment is patchy in coverage, biased in favor of certain flows, and ambiguous in its impact on investment. Increased investment and capital flows in the world economy have magnified the importance of a complete, neutral, and coherent legal framework to promote a more efficient allocation of world savings.
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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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    An Activist's Guide on how to research and campaign on transnational corporations [includes section on TNC's in India]

    Corporate Watch, 1999
    Designed to help you research information about overarching foreign investment trends, about individual TNCs, including issues such as business lines, finances, legal problems, and labor, health and safety, and environmental records, etc., and also to investigate various corporate industrial sectors such as chemicals or fisheries.
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    The effects of trade and foreign direct investment on employment and relative wages

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
    Recent developments in the international economy have given rise to concern about the effects of international trade and foreign direct investment on domestic employment and wages.

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