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    Economic development in Africa: rethinking the role of foreign direct investment

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    This report makes the point that, despite an increased focus on attracting foreign direct investment to Africa, the continent at present accounts for just 2 to 3 per cent of global flows, and the majority of FDI has been drawn into into enclaves of export-oriented primary production with limited linkages to the rest of the economy, and limited capacity to trickle down to poor people.
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    Global aging and fiscal policy with international labor mobility: a political economy perspective

    International Monetary Fund, 2005
    This paper uses an overlapping generations model with international labor mobility and a politically responsive fiscal policy to examine aging in developed and developing regions. It looks at links between migration, aging, the economy and politics in sending countries.
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    Globalisation and education: what do the trade, investment and migration literatures tell us?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    This paper examines the effects of education on globalisation, and vice versa, the effects of globalisation on education, as well as looking at the role of public policies in reconciling processes of human resource development and globalisation.The main links between economic globalisation processes and education are examined by discussing and testing three issues:the quantity and quali
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    Recent developments in international investment agreements

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    In the context of an ever increasing number of international investment agreements, this study explores some of recent developments in that field.
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    Contracting out of human rights: the Chad–Cameroon pipeline project

    Amnesty International, 2005
    Will an oil pipeline investment agreement between the governments of Chad and Cameroon and a consortium led by ExxonMobil, including Chevron and Petronas pose a serious threat to human rights in Chad and Cameroon?
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    Structural change and market opening in agriculture: Turkey towards EU accession

    Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2004
    The purpose of this study is to identify major elements in the pre-accession period through a description of the agricultural environment in Turkey, together with the possible effects of accession on agriculture.
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    Fiscal policy in Poland: growth booster or growth buster?

    Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Poland, 2004
    What are the major challenges for Poland’s fiscal policy and the strategic choices which have to be made in the area of economic policy in Poland’s nearest future?This paper argues that fiscal policy corrects the primary income structure in the economy. This makes fiscal policy the principal instrument promoting a pro-growth, socially balanced structure of income distribution in society.
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    Working paper on mitigating currency risk for investing in microfinance institutions in developing countries

    Social Enterprise Associates, 2005
    This paper focuses on the risks associated with the use of foreign direct investments (FDI) by investors in microfinance. Among the many risks involved in such investments, currency and exchange rate fluctuations are principal stumbling blocks reducing private investment in microfinance institutions in less developed countries (LCDs).
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    Competitiveness partnerships : building and maintaining public-private dialogue to improve the investment climate

    World Bank, 2005
    Based on the experiences of 40 countries this paper investigates the benefits of competitiveness partnerships - structured dialogue between the public and private sector to improve the investment climate.
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    TNCs and the removal of textiles and clothing quotas

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    This study explores the development implications of the phasing out of the quotas on textiles that were previously fixed by the expired Multi Fibre Arrangement. It focuses on the implications for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in and exports from developing countries. It argues that the role of foreign-owned production in the textiles and clothing value chain merits attention.

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