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    China’s plunge into the world economy: prudence or poor judgement?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    China, post-Mao, is dramatically engaged with the world economy. Export growth has exploded by a massive 500 percent since 1980. China now trusts in exports as the engine of growth and the safety net for a domestic restructuring which has created high levels of urban unemployment. What are the consequences of abandoning Mao’s strategy of self-reliance?
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    Trim sovereignty or let investment flow? GATT, multinationals and developing countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Trade-related investment measures (TRIMs) are conditions host nations apply to the activities of multinationals. GATT 1994 ordered the dismantling of TRIMs within seven years.
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    Courting capital. What it will take to boost foreign investors' confidence in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Without investment by foreign companies (foreign direct investment, or FDI) there is a real danger that countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will fail to become internationally competitive, and will remain at the margins of the world economy. Only a few countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been successful in attracting foreign investment.
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    Some Recent Evidence: Why Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Low-Income Countries benefit the few

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Foreign direct investment (FDI) is viewed as a major stimulus to economic growth in developing countries. Its supposed value as a way of dealing with shortages of financial resources as well as shortfalls in technology and skills, has made it a centre of attention for reform-minded policymakers, especially in low-income countries.
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    Foreign direct investment in Latin America: Good news for inequality and poverty?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Latin American countries began to open up to trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the mid 1980s. This led to a dramatic increase in FDI in the region until the late 1990s. Inequality in Latin America has remained consistently high and progress in poverty reduction has been slow in the last decade.
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    Foreign direct investment: bringing jobs and new skills to southern Africa?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is foreign direct investment (FDI) set to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation in the states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)? Are investor fears of instability and the slow progress in creating a free trade environment restricting potential FDI flows? Can FDI be attracted to all the SADC states, and not only to the economic magnet of South Africa?
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    Globalisation and employment: working for the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Globalisation is one of the most controversial development issues of the day. ‘Globaphobes’ attribute most of the ills of the world to globalisation. The anti- globalisation movement has focused attention on the extent to which decisions affecting the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people are made in international fora – at which the poor have no voice.
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    Neither town nor country: understanding China’s new rural enterprises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What are the implications of international capital finding its way into China’s rural enterprise sector? What are the outcomes of globalisation in developing non-urban regions? How have local authorities responded to external forces? What conceptual tools are required to explain the growth of densely populated areas of mixed agriculture and non- agricultural enterprises?
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    Transnational corporate accountability: Insights from South Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    People in developing countries are increasingly affected by the activities of multinational companies, yet it is difficult for them to hold those companies to account in court. What lessons can be learnt from two recent foreign direct liability cases brought against northern multinationals?
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    Foreign direct investment and poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Although foreign direct investment (FDI) contributes to growth in developing countries, there is evidence that the benefits are not equally distributed. Foreign- owned firms tend to pay higher wages in developing countries, but skilled workers tend to benefit more than less-skilled workers. What contribution does FDI make towards poverty reduction?

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