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    Identifying financial constraints under trade liberalisation: lessons from Kenya, Uganda and Ghana

    Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2006
    This paper explores the influence that financial sector deficits have had on a country's export performance under trade liberalisation.
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    Global monitoring report, 2006:Millennium Development Goals: strengthening mutual accountability, aid,trade, and governance

    World Bank, 2006
    This report comments on global progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), focusing on aid, trade and financial dimensions of the process. It notes that, despite commitments to raising aid effectiveness from the G8 and the Paris Declaration, the world is still far from achieving the MDGs - particularly Africa and South Asia.
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    Trade, FDI, and the organisation of firms

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006
    This literature review examines new trends and developments in the theories of international trade and foreign direct investment..In particular it focuses on the need to model alternative forms of business involvement in foreign activities.The theoretical refinements identified have focused on the individual firm, studying its choices in response to its own characteristics, the nature of th
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    Gender inequality in a globalising world

    The Levy Economics Institute, 2005
    This paper questions whether an interventionist or managed-market approach to economic growth leads to better macroeconomic performance and greater gender equality. It discusses the cases of Taiwan and South Korea which relied on a managed-market approach to promote industrialisation.
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    World economic situation and prospects 2006: Executive Summary

    UN, 2006
    The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the United Nations' annual analysis of current developments in the world economy and emerging policy issues. It contains the Secretariat's forecast of short-term global and regional economic trends.
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    Domestic taxes and international trade: some evidence

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    As explicit taxes on international trade have diminished, the potential effects of domestic taxes on international trade have become more apparent and controversial. Yet, the effects on trade performance of corporate taxes and the value-added tax (VAT) have so far received little empirical attention.
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    Investment provisions in free trade agreements and investment treaties: opportunities and threats for developing countries

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005
    This discussion paper analyses some of the potential development policy implications of international investment rules and investment protection treaties.
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    Trading on Time

    Doing Business, World Bank, 2006
    This paper looks at the effect of time costs on trade volume and shows that time-consuming customs procedures and inefficient transportation system affect exports as much as tariff barriers. It highlights the need to focus aid for trade in developing countries on improving trade facilitation. Removing obstacles to exports will broaden market opportunities for the private sector.
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    UNCTAD Handbook of statistics 2005

    UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, 2005
    The handbook provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade.
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    Intertwined: FDI in manufacturing and trade in services

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005
    This study analyses the complex relationship between manufacturing FDI and trade in services. Its examines fragmentation—and the increased use of traded services in the fragmentation process—in four different manufacturing value chains (apparel, automobiles, semiconductors, and wood furniture).

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