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Impacts of the Indonesian economic crisis: price changes and the poor
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1999Did the recent financial crisis in Indonesia result in dramatic price increases? In the Indonesian case the very poor appear the most vulnerable.DocumentThe WTO agenda and the developing countries
Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2000The paper argues that, in the light of reforms since the mid-1980s, the developing countries have an interest in a relatively broad-based agenda.DocumentForeign Direct Investment and economic integration in the SAARC region
South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes, 2000The prospect of free trade in South Asia raises the question of the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in regional integration.DocumentA critical review of the World Bank report: World Development Report 2000/2001: attacking poverty
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 2000Collection of indepth articles, produced by Norwegian researchers critically reviewing the World Development Report 2000/2001 (WDR).The introduction to the reviews indicates that the WDR presents itself as a document based on scientific knowledge. The research group has taken this position seriously and treated it as such.DocumentThe European Single Currency and MENA’s manufactured export to Europe
FEMISE, 2000This paper investigates the optimal exchange rate policy for MENA (Middle East and North African) countries in order to foster their manufactured exports towards Euroland.The exchange rate policy is captured through three different indicators:the effect of real effective exchange rate changesthe effect of volatilitythe effect of misalignmentThis investigation is conducteDocumentObstacles to faster growth in transition economies: the Mongolian case
International Monetary Fund, 2001Deals with reform in Mongolia and obstacles to economic growth.DocumentTrade and Development Report 2001: Global Trends and Prospects and Financial Architecture
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2001Report offers an assessment of recent trends and prospects in the world economy, with particular focus on the impact that developments and policies in the industrial economies are likely to have on prospects in the developing world.Chapters cover:The World economy: performance and prospectsInternational trade and financeTowards reform of the international financial architecture:DocumentRacing to the bottom?: foreign investment and air quality in developing countries
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 2000This article looks at whether globalisation could trigger an environmental "race to the bottom", in which competition for investment and jobs relentlessly degrade environmental standards. The "race to the bottom" theory is tested by examining firstly, air quality data in industrialised countries and selected developing countries (China, Mexico, Brazil).DocumentHavens, halos and spaghetti: untangling the evidence about foreign direct investment and the environment
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999This paper examines the evidence of opposing claims to there being a 'race to the top' or 'race to the bottom' in the environmental standards of developing countries in the context of the increasing globalisation of capital flows and foreign direct investment.Case studies show that while foreign firms may not have been drawn in by lower standards, they clearly perform like environmental renegadDocumentIMF structural conditionality: how much is too much?
Institute for International Economics, USA, 2001This article discusses the role of structural policies in IMF-supported adjustment programs. The article looks at ways the IMF can simplify conditionality, in order to make it more effective.The article outlines various approaches to streamlining fund structural policy conditionality:structural pre-conditions.Pages