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Sources of growth in South Asian economies
Global Development Network, 2000This paper extracts insights from cross-country analysis about the performance of individual South Asian countries and the region as a whole.DocumentEconomic policy, distribution and poverty: the nature of disagreements
Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2001This article explores the disagreements which surround debates on poverty. It discusses the gulf between how officials and NGOs understand poverty.DocumentFinancial sector reforms and interest rate liberalization: the Kenya experience
African Economic Research Consortium, 1998The study tracks down the financial liberalization process in Kenya and empirically tests for the interest rate determination in a liberalized market.DocumentState of the Bangladesh economy in FY2000-01: a review of some early signals
Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2000The article examines major developments and trends in the macro economy e.g.DocumentYear 2000 country profile: the status of Tanzania with the IMF and the World Bank
Globalization Challenge Initiative, 2000Globalization Challenge Initiative (GCI) publishes the SAP Information Alert Series in order to promote informed debate about IMF and World Bank-financed operations, including the potential political, economic, social and environmental consequences of sectoral and strucural adjustment programs.DocumentThe WTO agenda and the developing countries
Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2000The paper argues that, in the light of reforms since the mid-1980s, the developing countries have an interest in a relatively broad-based agenda.DocumentForeign Direct Investment and economic integration in the SAARC region
South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes, 2000The prospect of free trade in South Asia raises the question of the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in regional integration.DocumentThe European Single Currency and MENA’s manufactured export to Europe
FEMISE, 2000This paper investigates the optimal exchange rate policy for MENA (Middle East and North African) countries in order to foster their manufactured exports towards Euroland.The exchange rate policy is captured through three different indicators:the effect of real effective exchange rate changesthe effect of volatilitythe effect of misalignmentThis investigation is conducteDocumentRacing to the bottom?: foreign investment and air quality in developing countries
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 2000This article looks at whether globalisation could trigger an environmental "race to the bottom", in which competition for investment and jobs relentlessly degrade environmental standards. The "race to the bottom" theory is tested by examining firstly, air quality data in industrialised countries and selected developing countries (China, Mexico, Brazil).DocumentHavens, halos and spaghetti: untangling the evidence about foreign direct investment and the environment
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999This paper examines the evidence of opposing claims to there being a 'race to the top' or 'race to the bottom' in the environmental standards of developing countries in the context of the increasing globalisation of capital flows and foreign direct investment.Case studies show that while foreign firms may not have been drawn in by lower standards, they clearly perform like environmental renegadPages