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    The economic impact of child labour

    International Labour Organization, 2001
    This paper contains a theoretical discussion and a literature survey on the economic impact of child labour.Three main categories of economic impact of child labour are analysed:the effects of child labour at the micro family level, particularly on family poverty both in the short and in the long runthe effects of child labour on long-run growth and social development through a numb
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    Globalization index 2003: who's up, who's down?

    Foreign Policy [Journal], 2003
    Two years ago, Foreign Policy created an index that measures a country’s global links, from foreign direct investment to international travel, telephone traffic, and Internet servers. For the last two years, Singapore and Ireland have topped the ranking of political, economic, and technological integration in 62 countries.
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    Sources of Growth in South Asian Countries

    Global Development Network, 2000
    The purpose of this paper is to extract from the cross-country growth analysis insights about the performance of individual South Asian countries and the region as a whole.
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    Globalization and Inequality in the Arab World

    Global Development Network, 2002
    This paper investigates the effect of globalisation on the Arab region.
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    Human Capital, External Effects and Technical Change

    Global Development Network, 2002
    Is there a positive association between total factor productivity and external effects on human capital? This paper addresses the question of human capital external effects and considers their existence in the form of interaction of human capital through labour putting together and sharing collectively their knowledge and skills.
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    Tariff and FDI liberalization: what to expect from China's entry into the WTO?

    Global Development Network, 2002
    What features determine the final outcome of the liberalisation process? Who gains and loses with the liberalisation of FDI?
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    The Differential Impact of Japanese and U.S. Foreign Direct Investments on Exports of Indian Manufacturing

    Global Development Network, 2001
    One of the most fiercely debated issues in the literature of development economics is the role played by the inward foreign direct investment in export performance of developing countries. This study aims to find whether FDI from different source countries have differential impact on the exports of Indian industries.
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    Social impact of international trade and multinational corporations activities on the people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria: a comparative analysis by gender, generation and socio-cultural differences

    Global Development Network, 2002
    For nearly three decades, petroleum production and consumption has probably brought out both the best and worst of modern civilization in Nigeria.
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    Working out of poverty

    International Labour Organization, 2003
    The report gives an analysis of poverty in developing countries from the perspective of the lack of opportunities for decent work and social inclusion.
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    Social development and foreign direct investments in developing countries

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2002
    This study analyses the link between social development and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries.It uses panel data from 61 developing countries for the period 1989-2000, and estimates the relationship between disaggregate socio-political indices and FDI.The report finds that the most robust variables influencing FDI prove to be political rights, civil liberties, democrati

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