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  Fiscal incentives, the cost of capital and foreign direct investment in Pakistan: a neo-classical approach

  Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan, 2003

  This paper investigates the effects of fiscal provisions (in the form of reducing production cost via cost of capital) in Pakistan upon the rate of return and internal cash flow for investment of foreign investors.The paper finds a consistent and influencing impact of the cost of capital on FDI inflows.
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  To wake up, catch up and go ahead: mechanisms for innovative growth in Russia

  State University Higher School of Economics,, Russian Federation, 2002

  For the first time in 15 years Russia is experiencing a period of relative economic and political stability.
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  Financing development: time for a new approach?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Why has aid failed to achieve development? Should other forms of financing for development (FfD) be emphasised instead for narrowing the wealth and income gaps between developing and developed countries?
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  Risky business: the dangers of global inter- city competition

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Is globalisation causing cities to take part in a destructive competition for international investment? Can cities become environmentally sustainable when foreign investors demand higher levels of subsidies and immunity from environmental costs on business? Could cities learn to co-operate, take a common stand and confront the ‘grow now, clean up the environment later’ syndrome?
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  Money on the run: capital flight and capitalism in Russia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Money has been flowing out of Russia since the first days of liberalisation and the open market. The scale of the bleeding of resources, which might otherwise have financed post-communist investment programmes, is staggering. How much money has been lost? Can anything be done to stop the flow?
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  Level playing field? Making world trade work for all

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  The poorest countries are small players in world trade. The combined exports of the 48 least developed countries (LDCs) accounted for only 0.35 per cent of world trade in 1995. Can trade agreements be made to work better for LDCs? Can technical advice improve the negotiating capacity of LDCs?
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  Assessment of investment climate in Georgia

  Local Government Information Center, Georgia, 2003

  There is no need to explain the importance of investment for national economies. Investment, along with consumption and savings, plays a central role in a country’s economic performance. However, Georgia lacks the necessary investment resources required for development, and so, foreign investments are considered crucial for economic development and growth.
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  Labor standards and the World Trade Organization: a position paper

  William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, 2003

  This policy brief considers whether international labour standards should be incorporated into the WTO and other trade agreements.The literature review suggests that mandating unsustainably high labour standards will not improve average wages and working conditions in poor countries.
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  Indicators and analysis of vulnerability to currency crisis: synthesis report

  Thailand Development Research Institute, 2002

  Only a few years before the onset of the economic crisis in 1997, the East Asian miracle was a model put up for developing countries to follow, so could the East Asian economic crisis have been anticipated? The nature of the East Asian crisis pointed to indicators that could have been good early warning indicators that were not taken seriously enough before the crisis.
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  Explaining growth country report: Romania (1990-2000)

  Initiatives for Democracy in Eastern Europe, Bucharest, Romania, 2001

  This paper attempts to explain the development and growth of the Romanian economy both during the transitional period following the fall of the communist regime in 1989 and within a broader historical context.The post-war period is first analysed, followed by the intensive development of the later communist period, in order to identify the main inherited features that had to be taken into accou

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