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  An exploration of the private sector responses to changes in government saving across OECD countries

  International Monetary Fund, 2001

  This article examines the response of national saving to changes in fiscal policy.
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  Governing multinationals: the role of foreign direct liability

  Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2001

  This Briefing Paper outlines the implications of one way of enforcing corporate environmental, social and human rights standards across borders: ‘foreign direct liability’.The briefing paper concentrates on:globalization and the new challenge of corporate governancethe new foreign direct liability agendaan investigation into the reasons why foreign direct liability is happening
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  The Tobin Tax: a new phase in the politics of globalisation?

  Global Solidarity, 2001

  This article calls for the creation of a Tobin tax (TT). This is an attractive proposition as the TT has the potential to give rise to new political constellations.
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  Privatisation of electricity distribution: some economic, social and political perspectives

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2001

  This article discusses the increasing privatisation of electricity distribution. This paper reviews international progress in privatisation and considers some of the realities of such a policy.The article concludes that:privatisation is portrayed as means of improving efficiency and bringing in funds for investment.
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  Negative alchemy?: corruption, compositions of capital flows, and currency crises

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2001

  This article discusses the relationship between crony capitalism and self-fulfilling expectations by international creditors.
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  The quality of bureaucracy and capital account policies

  World Bank, 2001

  This article investigates the relationship between the quality of bureaucracy and capital account policies.The article finds that, generally speaking, the more corrupt a country, the more likely it is to impose capital controls.
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  Stock market responses to bank restructuring policies during the East Asian crisis

  World Bank, 2001

  This article discusses the East Asian financial crisis, with a view to investigating different policy responses to financial crises and their efficacy.
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  Structural adjustment and forest resources: the impact of World Bank operations

  World Bank, 2001

  This article looks into the effect structural adjustment has had on forest resources. The article indicates that structural adjustment operations have often been controversial because they are explicitly political.
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  Getting traction?: sustainable development and the governance of investment

  Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, 2000

  This paper explores new approaches to the global governance of investment which could channel investment, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), towards more socially just and ecologically sustainable development.Part I outlines three sources of dysfunctionality in the current investment regime and argues that global norms are needed to get environmental standards out of being "stuck in
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  The California electricity crisis: overview and international lessons

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2001

  This article discusses the disasterous effect of the deregulation of the Californian electricity system and the crisis this has caused.The article concludes that:many in California have come to the conclusion that liberalisation does not work.

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