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    Export competitiveness: where does the Middle East and North Africa region stand?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000
    Globalisation could raise the export opportunities for the MENA region. Given its characteristics and endowments, the MENA region occupies an intermediate place in the ladder of comparative advantage and is being squeezed from above and below by a variety of countries, from China to Eastern Europe. There is a clear need in the region to improve export competitiveness.
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    Japan's new trade policy: good or bad for ASEAN?

    Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International, 2001
    This paper assesses the possible outcomes of the opening of the Japanese market to trade with ASEAN countries.
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    The sustainability of the current account deficit and external debt in Vietnam

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001
    The objective of this study is to examine Vietnams current account deficit and external debt sustainability in the 1990s, and the period 2001-10.The study finds that: During 1989-99, the current account deficit and external debt of Vietnam were sustainable. In general, imports were substantially restrained in comparison with the levels it could have reached, except for the year 1996
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    Can Malaysian manufacturing compete with China in the WTO?

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2001
    This study assesses the implications of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Malaysian manufacturing exports.The paper argues that: Malaysia will experience a decline in its export share of labor intensive products. In the short term, Malaysia has a relatively high comparative advantage in high technology products, and Japanese Direct Investment (JDI) remains c
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    Trade and Development Report 2002

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002
    The Trade and Development Report 2002 analyses trends and outlooks for the world economy and focuses on export dynamism and industrialisation in developing countries.
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    The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD): A Commentary

    Pambazuka, 2002
    Report which welcomes the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and particularly the engagement of the G8 countries as an important political moment but expresses a number of concerns.These can be summarised as follows:NEPAD is a starting point for discussion in Africa, but did not result from appropriate participatory strategies.
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    Aid and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: accounting for transmission mechanisms

    Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2006
    This revised paper is a contribution to the literature on aid and growth. Despite an extensive empirical literature in this area, existing studies have not addressed directly the mechanisms via which aid should affect growth.
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    Risky business: how the World Bank’s insurance arm fails the poor and harms the environment

    Friends of the Earth, 2002
    This report provides basic information about the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)does, and assesses its record of supporting environmentally damaging, developmentally dubious projects. It gives an overview of MIGA’s current activities, membership, funding sources, recent growth, and role within the larger political risk insurance industry.
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    2002 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

    United States Trade Representative, 2002
    This USTR report provides an inventory of the most important foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports of goods and services, foreign direct investment by U.S. persons, and protection of intellectual property rights. Its purpose is to guide US policy in reducing or eliminating these barriers and to act as a tool in enforcing U.S. trade laws.
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    Another PSIRU critique of another version of the World Bank private sector development strategy

    Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002
    In December 2001, the World Bank (WB) issued a revised strategy for Private Sector Development (PSD).

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