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  The new global determinants of FDI flows to developing countries

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003

  This paper investigates the determinants of FDI inflows to developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the impact of the ‘third wave of democratisation’ that started in the early 1980s and the spread of information and communication technology (ICT) that began in the late 1980s.The paper finds:democratisation and ICT increase FDI inflows to developing countriesat present the
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  Treacherous conditions: how IMF and World Bank policies tied to debt relief are undermining development

  World Development Movement, 2003

  This report analyses recent initiatives for debt relief led by the World Bank and the IMF, such as the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, and the conditionalities associated to them.
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  ‘Pro-poor’ water privatisation: ideology confounded in Bolivia?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Private sector involvement in water management is dubbed ‘pro-poor’ by donors and lenders. Is there evidence to support claims that concessions designed to generate international investment in financially- strapped public water companies are increasing the speed of network expansion to poor communities? What lessons can be learnt from concessions that have failed?
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  Private sector participation in water supply: too fast, too soon?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is water privatisation being over-promoted? Is private sector participation (PSP) in its current forms likely to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to provide the poor with reliable, affordable and sustainable, safe drinking water? How do members of poor communities affected by the process judge PSP? 
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  Summary of the main points contained in the conclusions and recommendations of the final report of the extractive industries review

  Forest Peoples Programme, 2003

  This document summarises the main points in the conclusions and recommendations sections of the World Bank’s Final Report of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR).
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  Not giving a damn: private financiers and dam displacement

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  During the last fifty years, between 30 and 80 million people have lost their homes and livelihoods through dam construction. In the wake of fiscal crises and changing donor priorities governments are turning to the private sector to finance dam projects. New research warns that those displaced by dams could suffer even more as a result.
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  Ghana: pharmaceutical pricing study, policy analysis and recommendations

  John Snow International UK, 2003

  This policy document looks at the impact of decentralised decision-making on access to essential medicines in Ghana, based on the findings of a detailed pricing study.Local autonomy in procurement decisions, combined with weak management, has led to wide variations in the prices of these medicines across the country and within regions.
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  Future directions for development non-governmental organizations

  Coady International Institute, 2001

  This paper looks at the future of southern NGOS, highlighting financing trends and examining new strategies which have emerged from some southern NGOs and implications for northern NGOs.It examines the context in which the complementary roles of government, business and civil society, now including NGOs, have emerged in the sustainable development process, looking at the reasons for the changes
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  Migrant labor remittances in Africa: reducing obstacles to developmental contributions

  World Bank in Africa, 2003

  This paper presents a preliminary analysis of migrant remittances in Africa based on a review of widely dispersed data and documentation. Its purpose is to stimulate and inform discussions of the role remittances play in African economies and to help stakeholders design appropriate policy interventions.
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  The management of global financial markets

  Forum on Debt and Development, 2000

  This book analyses the inherent instability of global financial markets and discusses management strategies to deal with such instability. It departs from the observation that the globalisation of financial markets during the 1990s not only increased the opportunities for prosperity and growth in developing countries, but also the risk of misery and recession.

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