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    The economics of collective brands

    AgEcon Search, 2008
    Geographical names have been used to identify high quality products since ancient times. The fact that collective brand labels are associated with superior quality suggests that firms which are members of these brands invest more to maintain brand quality than they would as stand alone firms.
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    What world leaders must do to halt the spread of protectionism

    Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, 2008
    As the global slowdown spreads and deepens, protectionism is back. This e-book collects essays on what global leaders must do to halt the spread of protectionism. The essays which were written with a minimum of coordination provide a consistent response. Essays differ on many points, but three main common messages can be noticed:
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    Balance of payments dynamics, institutions and economic performance in South Africa: a policy-oriented study

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008
    Recent macroeconomic developments in South Africa have been judged positively, but skepticism is on the rise. Some observers are skeptical about the sustainability of the current account deficit. This study explains the development in South Africa’s current account, with a special emphasis upon the dynamics of the balance of payments (BoP) developments.
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    Global economic prospects: commodities at the crossroads

    World Bank, 2008
    2008 was a turbulent year for the world economy: the financial turmoil that started in 2007 intensified significantly with the banking crisis that hit the United States and Europe in September 2008. Initially, developing countries were relatively unaffected by these developments but more recently, the 2009 growth outlooks for many have diminished.
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    A better future for Africa: recommendations from the private sector

    Africa Commission, 2008
    In May 2009, the Africa Commission chaired by the Danish prime minister will present its final recommendations for future development cooperation with Africa. Correspondingly, this report includes a revision of the most imminent challenges facing business in Africa today, beside a number of recommendations for action.
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    Asian Productivity Organization (APO)

    Regional intergovernmental organisation. Its mission is to contribute to the socioeconomic development of Asia and the Pacific through enhancing productivity.
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    China's growing economic presence in Africa

    Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2008
    This policy brief documents the size and rate of change of China’s growing presence, focusing primarily on trade and finance. It also discusses the rate of change and looks at projections of its growth.
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    Accounting for inequality in transition economies: an empirical assessment of globalisation, institutional reforms, and regionalisation

    Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 2008
    This paper analyses the causes and mechanisms of inequality in transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States after the break-up of the Soviet Union. It also compares the experience of countries that have joined the EU from those that have not, in order to gauge the possible relevance of the process of European integration on economic performance.
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    Development strategy and economic institutions in less developed countries

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2008
    This paper explores the politically determined development objectives and the basic logic of government intervention policies in less developed countries (LDCs). The paper argues that many interventionist and distorted institutional arrangements can be largely explained by their governments’ adoption of an inappropriate development strategy.
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    The rise of China and sustained recovery of Japan

    Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, 2008
    This paper examines the role of Japanese exports to China in the economic recovery period during the 2000s. It take a close look at the impacts on industry-level production, the impacts on aggregate manufacturing production, and the impacts on small firms’ production and tertiary industry activity.

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