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FDI, foreign affiliate operations, and the transfer process: macroeconomic adjustment to FDI inflows in the case of Costa Rica
Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002Starting from the assumption that the macroeconomic effects of capital inflows depend on the different types of flows and their specific mechanisms of influence, this paper:analyses the adjustment process to FDI inflows in the case of Costa Ricafocuses on whether, to what extent and through what mechanisms such adjustment requires a real exchange rate (RER) appreciationargues thatDocumentInternational tax cooperation and capital mobility
Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002In order to guarantee a sustainable growth in Latin America and Caribbean countries, this paper suggests that a correct balance between the encouragement of private investment and the finance of social infrastructure should be found. The paper identifies a series of advantages from international mobility of capital and the geographical dispersion of firms in this region.DocumentChasing shadows: re-imagining finance for development
Jubilee Research, 2002Starting from the premise that finance is not about money, but about the relationships among people, states, markets and natural environment, this report provides three key-features so that finance can become a “real” tool for development.The paper warns that:in order to achieve the objectives of global security and meeting basic human development needs, the imbalance between free markeDocumentThe MENA countries and the Uruguay round and beyond
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000The aim of this paper was to identify the interests and concerns of MENA countries in the round of multilateral trade negotiations (the WTO 2000 negotiations) with a view to helping these countries develop negotiation objectives and strategies.The introduction sets the stage by making the case for economic reforms in the MENA region and the role of the WTO in supporting these reforms.DocumentRemittances and other financial flows to developing countries
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002This paper examines the flows of migrants' remittances in relation to other financial flows to developing countries. Since remittances by unofficial channels by all estimates are significant, the remittance amounts reported here are quite conservative. Official estimates of migrants’ remittances are in the order of US$ 100 billion annually, some 60 percent of which go to developing countries.DocumentCommunity tax evasion models: a stochastic dominance test
Universidad ORT, Uruguay, 2002This study explores who evades tax in a multi community environment with different fiscal policies, and how they do it. The paper uses two stochastic dominance tests to establish the evasion pattern on the Automobile Registration System in Uruguay.The paper presents two models where agents have to decide where to pay taxes in a multi-community environment.DocumentTax collection and corruption in fiscal bodies
Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 1999The creation of an effective taxation system appears to be one of the most challenging problems for economies in transition.DocumentForeign investment in SADC
Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002This paper takes a look at comparative patterns and trends of investment flows in developing regions (including the SADC).DocumentTax optimization under tax evasion: the role of penalty constraints
Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2001In the short-term, the Russian economy confronts the following dilemma: on the one hand, there are important reasons (huge foreign debt and acute social problems) for increasing budgetary expenses.