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    The effect of population health on foreign direct investment

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
    This paper explores the relationship between a country’s health in relation to overall economic performance.
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    Tax compliance costs and non-filing behaviour

    National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, 2004
    Previous studies have indicated that 89 per cent of potential taxpayers in India did not file tax returns. Yet empirical evidence and theoretical work on characteristics of ‘non-filers’ is limited. This paper presents a simple model of non-filing behaviour and makes predictions about the incidence and costs of non-filing in general.
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    International investment perspectives

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
    The articles in the report cover a wide range of investment topics, the highlights of which include:foreign direct investment (FDI) in the OCED continued to fall in 2003. This appears to be due to the sluggish macroeconomic performance of many of the larger OCED economies, not least Europe.
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    Micro budget constraints in Bulgaria under the Currency Board arrangement

    Centre for Economic and Strategic Research, Bulgaria, 2002
    Do soft budget constraints (subsidising loss-making firms) and the lack of financial discipline still persist in Bulgaria after the introduction of the Currency Board Arrangement in 1997?
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    Economic security for a better world

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    This report is the first attempt to measure global economic security as perceived by ordinary people and was based on detailed household and workplace surveys covering over 48,000 workers and more than 10,000 workplaces worldwide. Economic security is measured on the basis of seven forms of work-related security including income, labour markets, employment, skills, work, jobs and representation.
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    GDN Project Country study: Croatia

    Global Development Network, 2002
    This paper assesses the various elements that have both harmed and aided in the growth process of Croatia. Due to its unique hybrid political system of free-market economies and state sanctioned socialism, Croatia was in a favourable position relative to other CEECs before radical transformation as a result of the war during 1991-4.
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    Water justice for all: global and local resistance to the control and commodification of water

    Friends of the Earth International, 2003
    This report explores the issue of global water justice.
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    Growth accelerations

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
    Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, this paper focuses on turning points in growth performance.
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    Reforming infrastructure: privatization, regulation and competition

    Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank, 2004
    This report draws lessons from the World Bank's experience with the reform and privatisation of infrastructure utilities over the last twenty years. The Bank has based policy around the privatisation of utility monopolies, arguing that if these industries are properly restructured, substantial competition can emerge in many activities.
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    Who’s taking risks?: how the World Bank pushes private infrastructure and finds resistance in some surprising places

    Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2004
    This paper looks at efforts of the World Bank to increase private investment in infrastructure projects in the risky markets in developing countries through the promotion of a range of new instruments called fiscal supports. These guarantees and subsidies help to ensure corporate profitability can pose serious risks and costs for taxpayers.

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