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Foreign direct investment in the financial sector: experiences in Asia, central and eastern Europe and Latin America
Bank for International Settlements, 2005This paper summarises main findings of a workshop on foreign direct investment in the financial sector of emerging market economies organised by the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS).Points of discussion raised in the workshop include:intensified competition, improved availability and quality of banking services, technology transfer and easier access to capital were generaDocumentThe economics of the "European Neighbourhood Policy": an initial assessment
Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland, 2005What is the general framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP)? How does it affect the EU and its neighbors?DocumentThe GATS, South African local governments and water services
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2005This briefing paper provides background information on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) agreement.DocumentMaking fiscal decentralisation work in Vietnam
International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2005The goal of this paper is to provide a description of the strengths and weaknesses of Vietnam’s current system of decentralisation and to propose alternative measures to increase both the efficiency and equity with which the system may be able to operate in the future.DocumentTaking stock of foreign institutional investors
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005This paper considers the emergence of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) as a force in India’s capital markets, compensating for the the relatively low levels of foreign direct investment (FDI).DocumentThe increased role of foreign bank entry in emerging markets
Bank for International Settlements, 2005This paper considers the recent transformation of the role of foreign banks in emerging markets.DocumentThe role of property rights protection on the effects of free trade agreements on foreign direct investment
Global Development Network, 2003Globalization has been associated with an increasing number of free trade agreements focusing mainly on increasing FDI flows to emerging markets.The author argues that international agreements have a differentiated effect on FDI depending on the definition of property rights in the receiving country.DocumentImpact of government policies and investment agreements on FDI inflows to developing countries: an empirical evidence
Global Development Network, 2003The last two decades have witnessed an extensive growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries. This has been accompanied by an increase in competition amongst the developing countries to attract FDI, resulting in a rise in investment incentives offered by the host governments and removal of restrictions on operations of foreign firms in their countries.DocumentForeign direct investment spillovers and the absorption capabilities of domestic firms in the Argentine manufacturing sector (1992-2001)
Global Development Network, 2004This paper explores and analyses to what extent FDI helps structural reform processes and to what extent the growing presence of TNCs generates productivity spillovers for domestic firms.TNCs’ affiliates are a source of both positive and negative spillovers for domestic firms.