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Realizing the development dividend: making the CDM work for developing countries (Phase I Report)
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2005The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has a host of objectives not directly related to climate change; it aims to bring host countries socio-economic and environmental benefits through technology transfer and foreign direct investment.DocumentDiasporas, remittances and Africa south of the Sahara: a strategic assessment
Institute for Security Studies, 2005Modern African "ethno-national" diasporas of today are very different from the "old" black diaspora which emerged out of the slave trade. Contemporary migrants are very much in touch with their homeland, to which they often remit money on a regular basis. They have an economic and political role to play in the countries of departure as well as arrival.DocumentIndia-East Asia integration: a win-win for Asia
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2005As East Asian economies begin to emerge from the shadow of the 1997 crisis, there appears to be an increasing recognition that greater economic coordination and cooperation among major Asian countries is essential to manage globalisation challenges, and to enhance Asia’s role in the world affairs.DocumentForeign direct investment and regulation: a case study of Thailand’s upstream oil and gas industry
Centre on Regulation and Competition, Manchester, 2005This paper is to discusses and identifies conditions which can facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) in the upstream oil and gas industry, where exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas take place.DocumentThe politics of service delivery reform
Development and Change Journal, 2004This article, published in Development and Change, identifies the leaders, supporters and resisters of public service reform, drawing principally on research from Ghana, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka. It finds that reform was often constrained by a lack of political commitment and by the interests embedded in existing organisational arrangements.DocumentAfrica: the impact of mobile phones
Vodafone, 2005Africa has been the fastest-growing mobile market in the world during the past five years. There are now more than 82 million mobile users in Africa: Nigeria's mobile market is growing at over 100% per year.DocumentFDI-based development model for Hungary – new challenges?
Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, 2003The successful and smooth transition in Hungary and the consequent economic growth in the country are mainly a result of its government’s economic policy focused on the stimulation of foreign direct investment (FDI). According to the author, after the 1990s, however, the potential of the FDI-based growth model looks like it's reaching its saturation limits.DocumentWTO/GATS and economic development: key to "the new economy"
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005This report outlines the programme on WTO/GATS and Economic Development which is part of a Strategic Institute Programme at CMI on Producer Services.The WTO/GATS programme covers three main issues:the adoption of information technology and its impact on supply chain managementthe impact of trade liberalisation (financial services, telecommunications and energy services in particularDocumentThe determinants of liberalisation of FDI policy in developing countries: a cross-sectional analysis, 1992-2001
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005This study of changes in regulations affecting inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) during the 1990s confirms the shift in developing countries from State- directed, inward-looking economic strategies towards open markets and integration into the world economy.Pages
