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  Characteristics of the Euro, the Demand for Reserves, and Policy Coordination Under EMU

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997

  The euro.s economic base, as measured by the combined GDP of the currency area, will rival that of the dollar. Despite a monetary policy oriented toward price stability and backed by restrictive fiscal policies, the euro will face considerable initial uncertainties.
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  Adjusting to New Realities: MENA, The Uruguay Round, and the EU-Mediterranean Initiative

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997

  The MENA region, with the exception of the GCC economies, is lagging behind in trade liberalization. This delay has had a negative impact on production efficiency and consumer welfare and will become more costly given the increasing globalization and integration of the world economy. It is likely to reduce the region's attractiveness for foreign investment.
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  An Activist's Guide on how to research and campaign on transnational corporations [includes section on TNC's in India]

  Corporate Watch, 1999

  Designed to help you research information about overarching foreign investment trends, about individual TNCs, including issues such as business lines, finances, legal problems, and labor, health and safety, and environmental records, etc., and also to investigate various corporate industrial sectors such as chemicals or fisheries.
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  Real Exchange Rate Levels, Productivity and Demand Shocks: Evidence from a Panel of 14 Countries

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997
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  The IMF and the Global Economy: implications for developing countries

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 1999

  The paper reviews the functioning of the IMF in relation to its own objectives, as laid down in the Articles of Agreement, and the needs of developing countries. It finds serious deficiences in its functioning as a global financial institution.
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  Zambuko Trust, Zimbabwe: case study in microfinance

  Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1995

  The Zambuko Trust is a registered moneylender that has built a solid foundation as the most effective and potentially viable microenterprise finance institution in Zimbabwe.
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  Worldwide inventory of microfinance institutions

  Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1999

  A list of nearly 1000 institutions that offer microfinancial services, serve at least 1000 clients, and were created in or before 1992 was compiled using all available sources. From this inventory, over 200 institutions responded to a two-page questionnaire covering basic institutional characteristics.
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  What Role for the Private Sector?: A Pragmatic Approach to EU ACP Relations

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999
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  The effects of trade and foreign direct investment on employment and relative wages

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999

  Recent developments in the international economy have given rise to concern about the effects of international trade and foreign direct investment on domestic employment and wages.
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  Support of Private Sector Development

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999

  The "DAC PSD Orientations" consitute a significant step forward in forstering more coherent and effective international co-operation to help developing countries enjoy the benefits of more open and dynamic market-based economies. They address the fundamentals of privatisation, financial sector reform and enterprise development.

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