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    World Economic Situation and Prospects 2004

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2004
    This paper argues that despite setbacks in world economic growth due to SARS and the prospect of war in Iraq, the world economy is making a comeback. The authors state that the strength of the current recovery is still heavily dependent on policy ensuring low interest rates and expansionary fiscal measures.
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    Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

    Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004
    This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.
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    Risk instability and the pattern of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North Africa region

    International Monetary Fund, 2004
    The need to account for stability in investment risk is particularly important for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which historically have a higher level of instability associated with investment risk than developed countries.This paper presents an empirical analysis of risk instability of foreign direct investment (FDI) within the MENA region, in addition to recomm
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    Does monetary union make sense for Brazil and Argentina?

    Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, Buenos Aires, 2002
    The collapse of the convertibility regime in Argentina raised the issue of whether the MERCOSUR countries should form a monetary union.
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    Currency substitution in a transitional economy with an application to the Czech Republic

    University of Economics, Prague,, Czech Republic, 2004
    Currency substitution (the substitution of deposits in the domestic currency by deposits in foreign currency) appears to be an important issue affecting the design of monetary policy, especially in transition economies.
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    Towards an East Asian free trade area

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003
    This paper discusses the process and effects of East Asian countries embracing free trade agreements (FTA), with the removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers on international trade between member countries.
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    External debt sustainability in HIPC: completion point countries

    International Monetary Fund, 2004
    This paper reviews policy and institutional frameworks, debt management capacity, export structures, and fiscal revenue mobilisation in HIPC completion point countries.In comparison with other HIPC countries, completion point countries generally enjoy better policy and institutional frameworks and stronger debt management capacity.The paper shows that:while comparing favourably with
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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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    Locational aspects of FDI in the post-liberalisation period: some tentative observations

    Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 1999
    Prior to 1991, India’s licensing system had been used as a major policy instrument for influencing the location of large investment projects, and sought to favour disadvantaged parts of the country.
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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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