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  Foreign direct investment in the financial sector: experiences in Asia, central and eastern Europe and Latin America

  Bank for International Settlements, 2005

  This paper summarises main findings of a workshop on foreign direct investment in the financial sector of emerging market economies organised by the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS).Points of discussion raised in the workshop include:intensified competition, improved availability and quality of banking services, technology transfer and easier access to capital were genera
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  The economics of the "European Neighbourhood Policy": an initial assessment

  Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland, 2005

  What is the general framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP)? How does it affect the EU and its neighbors?
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  Modeling private sector development in the People’s Republic of China

  ADB Institute, 2005

  In this paper, a simplified mathematical model based on the behavioral pattern of firms in the PRC is used to discuss the impact of privatisation on private sector development in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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  The GATS, South African local governments and water services

  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2005

  This briefing paper provides background information on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) agreement.
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  Globalisation and the prevention and control of non-communicable disease: the neglected chronic diseases of adults

  The Lancet, 2003

  This article from The Lancet outlines the relationship between globalisation and the expanding levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in developing countries.
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  Making fiscal decentralisation work in Vietnam

  International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2005

  The goal of this paper is to provide a description of the strengths and weaknesses of Vietnam’s current system of decentralisation and to propose alternative measures to increase both the efficiency and equity with which the system may be able to operate in the future.
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  Taking stock of foreign institutional investors

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  This paper considers the emergence of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) as a force in India’s capital markets, compensating for the the relatively low levels of foreign direct investment (FDI).
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  The increased role of foreign bank entry in emerging markets

  Bank for International Settlements, 2005

  This paper considers the recent transformation of the role of foreign banks in emerging markets.
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  The role of property rights protection on the effects of free trade agreements on foreign direct investment

  Global Development Network, 2003

  Globalization has been associated with an increasing number of free trade agreements focusing mainly on increasing FDI flows to emerging markets.The author argues that international agreements have a differentiated effect on FDI depending on the definition of property rights in the receiving country.
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  Impact of government policies and investment agreements on FDI inflows to developing countries: an empirical evidence

  Global Development Network, 2003

  The last two decades have witnessed an extensive growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries. This has been accompanied by an increase in competition amongst the developing countries to attract FDI, resulting in a rise in investment incentives offered by the host governments and removal of restrictions on operations of foreign firms in their countries.

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