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    Misalignment of the baht, trade imbalances and the crisis in Thailand

    Centre for International Economic Studies, School of Economics of the University of Adelaide, 2000
    This paper examines Thailands exchange rate policies over a twenty year period from 1981 to 1999, in particular the level of misalignment of the exchange rate prior to the crisis, and its consequent effect on the trade balance with the US and Japan.The paper finds the following:Moderate misalignments for the real effective exchange rate for the bilateral exchange rate against the US dol
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    An overview of export processing zones: selected Asian countries

    Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2002
    This paper surveys the literature on the performance of Export Processing Zones (EPZs), focusing on research that has used a benefit-cost analytical framework.The paper evaluates the future of EPZs in the light of the abolition of the Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA)reviews the background of EPZsanalyses the method for the 'enclave model'reports on the economic performance of s
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    China in the international segmentation of production processes

    Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, 2002
    The paper analyses China’s rise in international trade in the context of globalisation, in the sense of the reorganisation of production on a worldwide basis. Production processes have become internationally fragmented, as firms located in different countries take part in the production of a commodity but at different stages of the value-added chain.
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    Improving the management of sustainable development: towards a new strategic framework for large developing countries: China, India, and Indonesia

    Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2002
    Based on the case study analyses of China, India, and Indonesia, this report introduces and examines some of the important issues related to developing a national strategy for sustainable development.
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    Growth, inequality, and poverty in rural China: the role of public investments

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
    This report compares the impact specific rural public investments can have on promoting growth and reducing poverty and inequality in China.Returns to these investments are calculated for the nation as a whole and for three economic zones in the west, central, and coastal regions of the country.
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    Environment, livelihoods and local institutions: Decentralization in Mainland Southeast Asia

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
    This report provides an overview of the decentralisation of natural resources decision-making and management in mainland Southeast Asia during the past 20 years. It is based upon seven in-depth case studies from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Yunnan, China and comparative material from ongoing collaborative work with partners in Northern Thailand.
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    Control of land and life in Burma

    Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002
    Short critique of Burmese land and agricultural policy, as implemented in recent years by the military government (State Law and Order Restoration Council - SLORC)
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    Trade and Development Report 2002

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002
    The Trade and Development Report 2002 analyses trends and outlooks for the world economy and focuses on export dynamism and industrialisation in developing countries.
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    Agricultural biotechnology, poverty reduction, and food security

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2001
    This working paper from the Asian Development Bank examines the risks and benefits of biotechnology in relation to human health, the environment, and Agriculture.
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    Conserving biodiversity, sustaining Livlihoods: experiences from GEF-UNDP biological diversity projects

    United Nations Development Programme, 2002
    This report outlines the work of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Programme at the UNDP through a series of case studies from GEF / UNDP funded projects. Case studies are organised to highlight innovative approaches to balancing conservation and development needs according to broad ecosystem types.

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