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  Trade and Development Report 2004

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004

  The key message of this years Trade and Development Report, is that strategies based on the 'openness model' are not sufficient to lead to development through integration into the world economy.
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  Development and globalization: Facts and figures

  UNCTAD GlobStat: Development and Globalisation: Facts and Figures, 2004

  This publication surveys major developments in the world economy over the past 40 years.
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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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  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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  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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  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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  Financial constraints and growth: multinational and local firm responses to currency crises

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004

  This paper studies the effects of financial constraints on firm growth by investigating if large depreciations differentially impact multinational affiliates and local firms in emerging markets. U.S.
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  How can developing countries benefit from globalization: the case of China

  Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2003

  China’s experience has often been used as a successful example to prove that developing countries can actually benefit from globalisation.
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  Towards a socially sustainable world economy: an analysis of the social pillars of globalization

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  This paper presents a synthesis of the main results of a study of the social impact of globalisation in seven countries (Bangladesh, Chile, the Republic of Korea, Mauritius, Poland, South Africa and Switzerland), and discusses a range of analytical and policy issues of relevance to International Labor Organization (ILO) member states.Findings include:globalisation is a multifaceted proc

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