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    Exploring the globalisation-poverty linkage: findings from South Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Does globalisation lead to higher growth rates and reduction in absolute poverty? How should economists disentangle and quantify the impact of globalisation shocks from other influences? How can we judge whether those with very little connectedness to the world economy are being affected by globalisation?
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    Has British business missed the boat in Latin America?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Latin America rose dramatically in the 1990s in response to opportunities stimulated by the spate of privatisations and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A). How have British enterprises responded to Latin America’s new economic environment? Have they worked to establish global export platforms?
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    Tiger tactics? Should governments intervene?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    A shibboleth of the age of globalisation is that governments must not intervene in trade and industry. Is there a role for targeted interventions in industrialisation - most recently evidenced by the success of the East Asian Tigers? Are developing country governments powerless as the IMF, WTO and donors deny them instruments of policy used throughout history to promote industrial development?
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    Foreign direct investment and income inequality in Latin America

    International Economic Development Group, ODI, 2003
    The paper positions Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the debate on income inequality in Latin America. The paper offers causes of income inequality and a review of the debate on FDI and development.
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    The economic impact of child labour

    International Labour Organization, 2001
    This paper contains a theoretical discussion and a literature survey on the economic impact of child labour.Three main categories of economic impact of child labour are analysed:the effects of child labour at the micro family level, particularly on family poverty both in the short and in the long runthe effects of child labour on long-run growth and social development through a numb
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    Globalization index 2003: who's up, who's down?

    Foreign Policy [Journal], 2003
    Two years ago, Foreign Policy created an index that measures a country’s global links, from foreign direct investment to international travel, telephone traffic, and Internet servers. For the last two years, Singapore and Ireland have topped the ranking of political, economic, and technological integration in 62 countries.
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    Sources of Growth in South Asian Countries

    Global Development Network, 2000
    The purpose of this paper is to extract from the cross-country growth analysis insights about the performance of individual South Asian countries and the region as a whole.
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    Globalization and Inequality in the Arab World

    Global Development Network, 2002
    This paper investigates the effect of globalisation on the Arab region.
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    Human Capital, External Effects and Technical Change

    Global Development Network, 2002
    Is there a positive association between total factor productivity and external effects on human capital? This paper addresses the question of human capital external effects and considers their existence in the form of interaction of human capital through labour putting together and sharing collectively their knowledge and skills.
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    Tariff and FDI liberalization: what to expect from China's entry into the WTO?

    Global Development Network, 2002
    What features determine the final outcome of the liberalisation process? Who gains and loses with the liberalisation of FDI?

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