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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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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.
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  Supermarkets and farming in Latin America: pointing directions for elsewhere?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002

  This paper identifies why supermarkets have grown so rapidly in Latin America, what the impacts on producers have been, and whether the pattern might be repeated in other regions.The policy conclusions are:Supermarkets occupy roughly 60% of the national retail sectors in Latin America, and around half this level of fresh fruit and vegetable productsFactors underpinning their growth
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  The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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  Economic insecurity and the globalization of production

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2002

  This paper presents a theoretical framework clarifying a critical mechanism through which globalization can increase individual economic insecurity.

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