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  The employment impact of globalisation in developing countries

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2002

  This paper discusses the analytical framework of the globalisation-employment relationship in developing countries, focusing on the manufacturing sector.The authors argue that the neo-liberal conclusion that simply opening up economies to global market forces is a good - perhaps the only - way to promote employment and growth today is unwarranted.
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  Distribution services: India and the GATS 2000 Negotiations

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002

  This study examines India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in distribution services in the context of the ongoing GATS (General Agreement on trade in Services) 2000 negotiations.India is a small player in the global market for distribution services.
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  To what extent is East Africa globalised?

  Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2002

  Using an indicator based on data on African trade as a percentage of world trade, it has been argued that Africa is marginalised in global trade, with the proportion of Africa’s exports and imports in world trade marginal and declining over time.The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the extent of marginalisation by using a new index.
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  Foreign direct investment in Southern Africa: determinants, characteristics and implications for economic growth and poverty alleviation

  Gapresearch.org, IDS, 2002

  This paper presents the findings of a study analyzing the major factors determining the form and volume of private foreign direct investment in Southern Africa. This study aims to ascertain (i) what are the primary motivations for investment in Southern Africa and (ii) whether the form of new foreign investment influences its developmental effects.
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  Incentives for foreign direct investments: the case of SADC in the 1990s

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2002

  What are the incentives for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Southern Africa? In the developing world, the policy of attracting FDI as a substitute for the perceived lack of domestic capital and savings has become a panacea for economic growth and economic development. The returns from FDI are estimated to be higher in Africa than in any other developing area.
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  What has China accomplished in its first year of WTO membership?

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002

  The role of China has become more and more prominent in the last two decades: its export rose rapidly and its economic growth increased remarkably. On the 11th December 2001 China gained the WTO membership.This paper summarises China's WTO commitments and it attempts to establish its accomplishments in its first year of WTO membership.
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  Remittances and other financial flows to developing countries

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2002

  This paper examines the flows of migrants' remittances in relation to other financial flows to developing countries. Since remittances by unofficial channels by all estimates are significant, the remittance amounts reported here are quite conservative. Official estimates of migrants’ remittances are in the order of US$ 100 billion annually, some 60 percent of which go to developing countries.
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  Economic Report on Africa 2002: tracking performance and progress

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2002

  How did Africa’s economy perform in the global economic downturn of 2001?
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  Trade and Development Report 2002

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002

  The Trade and Development Report 2002 analyses trends and outlooks for the world economy and focuses on export dynamism and industrialisation in developing countries.
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  Aid and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: accounting for transmission mechanisms

  Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2006

  This revised paper is a contribution to the literature on aid and growth. Despite an extensive empirical literature in this area, existing studies have not addressed directly the mechanisms via which aid should affect growth.

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