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    Global competitiveness report 2001-2002

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2001
    The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) focuses on two distinct but complementary approaches to the analysis of economic competitiveness:The Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI) focuses on global competitiveness as a 'set on institutions and economic policies supportive of high rates of economic growth in the medium term'.
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    Liberalisation, multinational enterprises and export performance: evidence from Indian manufacturing.

    Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2001
    This paper tests two hypotheses.
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    World Investment Report 2001: Promoting linkages

    World Investment Report, UNCTAD, 2001
    This year's report examines the issue of linkages between foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises and local companies in developing countries.Worldwide FDI flows again reached record levels in 2000, soaring by 18% in 2000 to a record $1.3 trillion, but are expected to decline this year. FDI remains the main driver of the expansion of the international production system.
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    The impact of government policies and programs on poverty

    Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2001
    This paper highlights the poverty orientation and impact of the various policies and programs that have been adopted and implemented in Uganda in recent years. It provides an overview of the main causes of poverty, and presents some measures for tackling poverty.
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    Trade in health services

    Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2001
    The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the nature of international trade in health services and the lessons that can be learnt from the national, regional, and multilateral experience in this context.Paper discusses the various ways in which health services can be traded, the main global players in this trade, and the positive as well as negative implications of this trade for
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    Globalization and openness: lessons from the recent crisis in Southeast Asia

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
    This paper explores the 1997-98 economic and financial crisis in Southeast Asia. It looks particularly at the ASEAN economies in a globalized context, the ASEAN experience of liberalization and the impact of the crisis.
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    MIGA in Africa

    Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, 2005
    The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is part of the World Bank Group, mitigating political risks to investments through:GuaranteesCurrency inconvertibility and transfer restrictionsExpropriationWar and civil disturbanceBreach of contractDispute mediation servicesMIGA also provides technical assistance to governments and online information on investment o
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    Strengthening Capacities in Developing Countries to Develop Their Environmental Services Sector

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 1998
    Efforts to strengthen capacities in the environmental services sector in developing countries are aimed primarily at addressing and eventually solving environmental problems. They can also result in developing countries' ability to become international providers in this field.
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    Trade Flow and Foreign Direct Investment in APEC Region (Okuda / IDE)

    APEC Study Centre, 1999
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    Legislative frameworks used to foster petroleum development

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Identifies and explains the essential elements of legislative frameworks that have attracted foreign direct investment into the petroleum sector and hence fostered development of petroleum resources in host states.The main purpose of a legislative framework for petroleum development is to provide the basic context for, and the rules governing, petroleum operations in the host country; to regula

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