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    Development path of China and India and the challenges for their sustainable growth

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
    This paper looks at the challenges for India and China in light of their recent development paths. It examines their special characteristics during their fast growth episodes, in particular how the engines of growth came into being and propelled fast GDP growth.
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    Carbon offsetting trends survey 2008

    EcoSecurities, 2008
    This report is a compilation of responses from over 65 large and multinational organisations, covering a wide variety of geographies and industry sectors. The primary quantitative research conducted in this study provides industry insight and benchmarks regarding some of the strategies that are being utilised to help the transition to a low carbon economy. Key points include:
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    Export performance following trade liberalisation: some patterns and policy perspectives

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2008
    This report from UNCTAD examines Africa’s export performance after trade liberalisation to draw lessons for use in the design of future development strategies. Liberalisation over the last 25 years has removed policy barriers that were seen to inhibit export performance. Despite this the level and composition of exports has not changed.
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    African Econometric Society (AES)

    The African Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics.
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    The Berkeley Electronic Press

    The Berkeley Electronic Press ("bepress") produces tools to improve scholarly communication. These tools provide innovative and effective means of content production and dissemination.
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    Textile and clothing industry: adjusting to the post-quota world

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This article is discussing the current state of the global Textile and Clothing (T&C) market, following the phasing-out of the quota-system which was completed 1 January 2005. The article summarizes changes in T&C exports and the human development implications of these trade flows.
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    The effect of exchange rate volatility on international trade: the implication for production networks in east Asia

    Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation, Tokyo, 2008
    This paper, based on the East Asia context, examines the consequences of the volatility of exchange rates for the development of international trade and foreign direct investments. It analyses the differences in the impact of exchange rate volatility on entering into production networks and, secondly, on trade in intermediate goods and final products. In the study, the authors:
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    The liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services in the ESCWA and Arab regions

    Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2007
    This study examines the implications of liberalising trade in environmental goods in the ESCWA and Arab regions. Based on an assessment of the market and the changes in tariff revenue that could be generated by such a liberalisation, the study argues that a single reference list on the various types of environmental goods should be established for all ESCWA member states.
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    Institutions and intellectual property reform in developing countries

    Groupe d'Economie Mondiale, 2008
    This policy brief examines key dimensions of the institutional changes with respect to intellectual property rights (IPRs) in developing countries (DCs). Currently, conformity with the minimum global IPRs standards has become a prerequisite for DCs wishing to access global technologies.
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    Economic reforms, foreign direct investment and its economic effects in India

    Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 2006
    Post-reform India has witnessed a boom in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The composition and type of FDI have changed considerably with the service sector accounting for the largest increase. While FDI in India continues to be local-market seeking in the first place, its world-market orientation has clearly increased in the aftermath of economic reforms.

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