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Global economic challenges to ASEAN integration and competitiveness: a prospective look
Australian Agency for International Development, 2004This report takes a forward-looking view of ASEAN in the context of a rapidly changing world economy. The report explores what a commitment to the goal of a single market or complete economic integration implies.DocumentSystemic crises and growth
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005Given the fact that over the last two decades, countries that have experienced financial crises have on average grown faster than countries with stable financial conditions, this paper explores the link between occasional financial crises and the growth rate of a country.The study finds that: there is a robust link between systemic risk and growth: fast growing countries tend to experieDocumentOn export rivalry and the greening of agriculture: the role of eco-labels
European Development Research Network, 2004As part of the second academic EUDN Conference on "Trade, aid, FDI and international migration" this paper examines the trade and environment debate with a special focus on the role of eco-labeling for agricultural exports.An empirical investigation offers the following results:while developing countries in Western Europe have used eco-labeling for a long time already, the spread of thiDocumentLearning to export: evidence form Moroccan manufacturing
European Development Research Network, 2004As part of the second academic EUDN Conference on "Trade, aid, FDI and international migration" this paper explores the export learning process of Moroccan manufacturers.DocumentDiaspora, migration and development in the Caribbean
Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2004This paper examines the developmental impact of the growth of the diasporic economy on Caribbean countries, focusing on the issues of remittances, diasporic exports, brain drain, as well as the new health and security risks associated with migration and mobile populations.It asks whether the benefits of migration such as remittances, diasporic exports and the vent of surplus population redressDocumentRegional Integration and Development (Overview)
World Bank, 2003This document offers an overview of 'Regional Integration and Development' - a publication that followed a research project on the effects of regional integration on development, carried out at the World Bank.'Regional Integration and Development' deals with the following issues:how to make the most of RIAs the impact of RIAs on investment and foreign direct investment the dyDocumentTrade, environment and development: the recent Argentine experience
Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on the environment in both the manufacturing and the agricultural sectors in Argentina.DocumentGlobalisation, urbanisation and changing food systems in developing countries
Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004As part of the FAO ‘State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004’, this chapter explores how the profound demographic and economic changes are rapidly transforming food systems and the scope and nature of nutritional challenges in the developing world.Key findings of the study include:following rapid urbanisation, rising income and rapid growth in imports of wheat and other commodities, tDocumentImplications of the economic rise of the PRC for ASEAN and India: trade and foreign direct investment
Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, 2003The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been opening up its economy to the outside world in a carefully managed and phased manner since 1979.