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    South Africa's current account deficit: are proposed cures worse than the disease?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Each time the domestic trade balance shows a deficit, the policy discussion becomes very emotional. Normally discussions are driven by a strong mercantilist bias: trade surpluses are seen as a benefit to the country and they are claimed to be caused by own competitiveness.
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    Internationalisation of Yuan

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012
    This policy brief tracks policies being followed by China on internationalising its currency and reducing the need to depend on the US dollar. This follows the efforts of China to build a strong position in the global economy.
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    Private sector development in fragile states

    Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2013
    Private Sector Development (PSD) has been treated as an area of programming which is separate from post-conflict stabilisation for a long time. However, practitioners and scholars alike have recently recognised the potentials of PSD programming in conflict-affected environments.
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    Public sector management: lessons from state-owned enterprise reforms in Kiribati and Tuvalu

    Asian Development Bank, 2012
    The efficiency and effectiveness of a country’s public sector is vital to its development, where poorly performing state-owned enterprise (SOEs) absorb large amounts of scarce capital, on which they provide very low returns.
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    Casting the net to define the PACER ‘Plus’

    Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2009
    Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus is a regional economic agreement. This paper figures that the experience of negotiating a trade deal between this bloc and the EU alerted trade officials and civil society groups in the Pacific countries of the need to be better prepared next time around.
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    A Socio-economic Study of Informal Sector Workers of Dhaka City

    Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012
    Informal sector is a very important area of the economy for any developing country; it is a growing occupational sector for the less skilled people, living both in urban and rural areas. Considerable amount of employment are ensured by this sector. What is specific to the informal economy is the absence of rights and social protection of the workers involved in it.
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    Policy update: nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets

    Ecofys, 2012
    Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the key issues around the compatibility of the two concepts.
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    Structural change, global imbalances, and employment in the least developed countries

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011
    Economic development in the least developed countries (LDCs) is often seen as being constrained by a range of socio-economic and geophysical impediments, which have made this group of countries extremely vulnerable to external shocks. This essay addresses the effects of changes in the level and composition of global demand on trade flows and employment from an LDCs demand perspective.
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    Circular migration: a triple win or a dead end?

    Global Union Research Network, 2011
    ‘Circular migration’ has recently been promoted as a triple win solution, bringing benefits to destination countries, origin countries and migrant workers themselves, thus projecting it as a major mechanism to reap development benefits of labour migration.
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    The conduct of monetary policy in Uganda: an assessment

    AgEcon Search, 2009
    Observers state that recent modifications to the Bank of Uganda’s operating procedures have very significantly improved the conduct of monetary policy. This paper discusses aspects of the conduct of monetary policy in Uganda.

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