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    FDI, foreign affiliate operations, and the transfer process: macroeconomic adjustment to FDI inflows in the case of Costa Rica

    Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002
    Starting from the assumption that the macroeconomic effects of capital inflows depend on the different types of flows and their specific mechanisms of influence, this paper:analyses the adjustment process to FDI inflows in the case of Costa Ricafocuses on whether, to what extent and through what mechanisms such adjustment requires a real exchange rate (RER) appreciationargues that
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    Chasing shadows: re-imagining finance for development

    Jubilee Research, 2002
    Starting from the premise that finance is not about money, but about the relationships among people, states, markets and natural environment, this report provides three key-features so that finance can become a “real” tool for development.The paper warns that:in order to achieve the objectives of global security and meeting basic human development needs, the imbalance between free marke
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    The MENA countries and the Uruguay round and beyond

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000
    The aim of this paper was to identify the interests and concerns of MENA countries in the round of multilateral trade negotiations (the WTO 2000 negotiations) with a view to helping these countries develop negotiation objectives and strategies.The introduction sets the stage by making the case for economic reforms in the MENA region and the role of the WTO in supporting these reforms.
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    Remittances and other financial flows to developing countries

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002
    This paper examines the flows of migrants' remittances in relation to other financial flows to developing countries. Since remittances by unofficial channels by all estimates are significant, the remittance amounts reported here are quite conservative. Official estimates of migrants’ remittances are in the order of US$ 100 billion annually, some 60 percent of which go to developing countries.
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    Foreign investment in SADC

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
    This paper takes a look at comparative patterns and trends of investment flows in developing regions (including the SADC).
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    Economic Report on Africa 2002: tracking performance and progress

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2002
    How did Africa’s economy perform in the global economic downturn of 2001?
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    Export competitiveness: where does the Middle East and North Africa region stand?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2000
    Globalisation could raise the export opportunities for the MENA region. Given its characteristics and endowments, the MENA region occupies an intermediate place in the ladder of comparative advantage and is being squeezed from above and below by a variety of countries, from China to Eastern Europe. There is a clear need in the region to improve export competitiveness.
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    Japan's new trade policy: good or bad for ASEAN?

    Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International, 2001
    This paper assesses the possible outcomes of the opening of the Japanese market to trade with ASEAN countries.
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    The sustainability of the current account deficit and external debt in Vietnam

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001
    The objective of this study is to examine Vietnams current account deficit and external debt sustainability in the 1990s, and the period 2001-10.The study finds that: During 1989-99, the current account deficit and external debt of Vietnam were sustainable. In general, imports were substantially restrained in comparison with the levels it could have reached, except for the year 1996
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    Can Malaysian manufacturing compete with China in the WTO?

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2001
    This study assesses the implications of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Malaysian manufacturing exports.The paper argues that: Malaysia will experience a decline in its export share of labor intensive products. In the short term, Malaysia has a relatively high comparative advantage in high technology products, and Japanese Direct Investment (JDI) remains c

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