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  The evolution and upgrading of Indonesia’s industry

  Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004

  This paper describes Indonesia’s rapid economic development during the past three decades, focusing on changes in economic structure, trade patterns and policy.
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  Corruption in international business transactions: the perspective of Norwegian firms

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  The paper aims at obtaining a better understanding of the dynamics of corruption in international business transactions, focusing particularly on the perspectives of Norwegian firms.
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  Macroeconomic policies, the environment, natural resources and welfare in developing countries

  Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2004

  The paper reviews the literature on the relationships between macroeconomic policies and the environment, natural resources and population welfare in developing countries on the other. It focuses on issues of: taxes and subsidies, such as those affecting sectors that extract natural resources or strongly influence the environment, and the environmental and resource/welfare effects of t
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  The impact of FDI on development: globalisation of R&D by transnational corporations and implications for developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005

  This paper examines key issues related to the trends towards globalisation of R&D and its implications for developing countries.
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  Exploring the relationship between FDI flows and CDM potential

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005

  This article provides an overview of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is an element of the United Nations Kyoto Protocol, and questions the assumption that CDM flows will essentially mimic foreign direct investment (FDI) flows.
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  Strategic intellectual property rights policy and north-south technology transfer

  Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, 2005

  This paper joins the debate on whether weak or strong protection for intellectual property in developing countries better promotes development. It gives an analysis of the welfare implications of protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) within the framework of the WTO TRIPS agreement.
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  Population health and foreign direct investment: does poor health signal poor government effectiveness?

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  This policy brief assesses the links between the level of health of a population and the level of FDI in that country.The study finds that there is some empirical evidence that suggests that population health levels are indeed correlated with FDI, and that one reason why poor health depresses FDI—in addition to the traditional productivity arguments—is because it may serve as a signal of the ge
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  How does China’s growth affect poverty reduction in Asia, Africa and Latin America?

  Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2004

  This study assesses China’s growth on the world economy and its implications of this for poverty reduction in other developing countries and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The growth of China has implications for other countries through its impact on their exports to China itself (positive) and to third countries (negative), and through their imports from China.
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  On the brink: weak states and US national security

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2004

  This report outlines shortcomings in the United States’ policy towards nations on the verge of collapse or recovering from conflict, and presents an action framework for improvement.The Commission identified three capability gaps that differentiate a troubled or weak state from simply a poor one:the security gap: where the state is failing to control territory and protect citizens from
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  Doing business in or with Burma

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This paper explores the current situation in Burma, with a particular focus on the conditions for potential and current foreign investment.It answers the following questions:who owns the economy - who do you need to deal with when conduction business in Burma?how to read statistics on levels of FDI and tradehow much of this money is going to the junta what happens to the tax

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