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    Community-based natural resource management and poverty alleviation in Namibia: a case study

    Mercatus Center, George Mason University, 2007
    Can indigenous people protect their environment and, at the same time, develop strong businesses that help diversify their livelihoods and alleviate poverty? In Namibia, this paper argues, the answer is yes. Through community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), it describes how Namibians who form conservancies now have legal rights to manage wildlife and benefit from tourism.
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    Practitioner’s guide: business consultancy fund

    MethodFinder, 2006
    New market economies often offer few business development services and are poorly equipped to deal with the needs of micro and small enterprises. This manual outlines a process for the establishment of a Business Consultancy Fund (BCF) in order to improve access to the resources and services offered by business development centres (BDCs).
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    Vietnam: increasing access to credit through collateral (secured transactions) reform

    World Bank, 2007
    This report analyses Vietnam's secured transactions framework and the decade-long reform efforts within the context of global best practices. It is based mainly on the financial sector survey, a series of individual and focus group meetings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, analysis of the Vietnamese laws, and international best-practice reviews.
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    The resource curse: which institutions matter?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    Countries rich in natural resources on average grow more slowly than countries without such
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    Growth of Indian multinationals in the world economy: implications for development

    Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2007
    The last few decades have seen the transformation of Indian firms into global entities. This study traces the growth of Indian multinationals and explores their influence on the development processes of both the host countries and at home.
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    Business engagement in humanitarian relief: key trends and policy implications

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    This paper explores the new roles that companies are playing in humanitarian action. It examines the various forms corporate engagement, with a particular focus on partnerships, and explores the underlying motivations behind this involvement.
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    Small change for a high price: conditional debt relief in Mali

    European Network on Debt and Development, 2007
    In the last three years, Mali’s debt stock has been reduced significantly as a result of the country’s participation in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and later on the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI).
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    The precarious state of public finance

    Global Policy Forum, 2007
    As part of the ongoing debate over sustainable development financing, this paper identifies and examines the obstacles to effective mobilisation of domestic revenues in Southern countries.
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    Does good government draw foreign capital? explaining China' s exceptional foreign direct investment inflow

    World Bank, 2007
    This paper explores the linkages between good governance and foriegn direct investment (FDI) in China, which is now the world 's largest destination of FDI, despite its institutional deficiencies. The analysis compares the quality of China’s institutions with other developing countries.
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    Gulf Research Centre (GRC)

    The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is an independent research institute located in Dubai , United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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