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  Financial integration in Asia: recent developments and next steps

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  Over the past two decades, Asia’s share of world trade has risen substantially, and intraregional trade has risen even faster. By comparison, financial integration has been more sluggish, particularly regionally.This working paper examines recent trends in, and future possibilities for, Asian intraregional trade and financial integration.
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  The coherence of trade flows and trade policies with aid and investment flows: a background paper

  OECD Development Centre, 2006

  This paper provides an overview of the relationships among trade, aid and foreign direct investment (FDI), both in terms of policy interactions and interactions among resource flows.
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  Real exchange rate and international reserves in the era of growing financial and trade integration

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006

  Volatility in the exchange rate can reduce growth for countries with relatively low levels of financial development. Exchange rates in developing country economies can be particularly vulnerable to economic shocks from rapid falls in the terms of trade (the price of a country’s exports relative to its imports) and from changes in short- and long-term flows of capital into the economy.
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  Asia's winds of change

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  This article reviews some of the key factors behind Asia's transformation and the challenges Asia faces in adapting to the rapid pace of globalisation.While Asia has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 50 years and has become a driving force in the global economy, the authors contend that governments in the region must reform to become flexible enough to reap the benefits of glo
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  The handshake: why do governments and firms sign private sector participation deals? Evidence from the water and sanitation sector in developing countries

  World Bank, 2006

  This paper uses a new dataset, "WATSAN," of private sector participation (PSP) projects for water and sanitation in developing countries to examine the determinants of the number of projects signed for each country between 1990 and 2004.
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  The Asian drivers: financial flows into and out of Asia, and implications for developing countries

  Asian Drivers Programme, Institute of Development Studies, 2005

  This paper explores the current and potential future impact of Asia's financial flows for the rest of the world. The paper draws out the main types of financial flows to and from Asia, and points out their financial and macroeconomic implications for developing countries. In addition, the authors make suggestions for potential of future research.
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  Human Rights, trade and investment matter

  Amnesty International, 2006

  This collection of articles on trade, investment and human rights examines the linkages between economic globalisation and human rights, and contextualise concerns which have bee raised in on the human rights implications of investment agreements between states and companies.The first section of this journal focuses on the role of financial institutions in shaping standards.
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  Optimal currency areas: theory and evidence for an African single currency

  School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester, 2005

  This study focuses on the economic elements of monetary union, with special reference to Africa, which Africa has had monetary integration within its policy agenda for some time. The Organisation of Africa Unity (the predecessor to the African Union) had monetary and economic integration as one of its objectives on its creation in 1963.
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  Privatisation of water: public-private partnerships: do they deliver to the poor?

  Development Fund, Norway, 2006

  This document discusses three main themes: how privatisation has been promoted by international financial institutions and other donors as a strategy for financing water services; the effects on the poor of different kinds of privatisation of water services in developing countries; and policy recommendations for the provision of water to the poor.The report shows that the World Bank acknowledge
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  Harnessing globalization to create decent jobs and reduce poverty

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This paper examines how African countries can harness the opportunities from globalisation.

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