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  Anti-globalization movements at the crossroads

  Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2000

  This Policy Brief presents the problems facing anti-globalisation protesters and the contrasting and conflicting interests it represents.It argues that, although it appears to be growing in strength and numbers, the antiglobalisation protest movement is now at a crossroads.
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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.
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  African civil society: coming to terms with globalisation

  Foreign Policy Centre, London, 2003

  This essay argues that NGOs in Africa are blossoming in terms of numbers but this is failing to translate into concerted activities with civil society.
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  World Economic Outlook: growth and institutions: April 2003

  World Economic Outlook, 2003

  This issue of the IMF's six-monthly report looks at the state of the global economy in 2003. It also looks systematically at the impacts of which structural and institutional reforms have on long-term economic growth.Many countries acknowledge that structural reforms will enhance long-run growth, but at the same time legitimately point to the transition costs of implementing them.
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  New rules, new roles: does PSP benefit the poor?

  Wateraid, 2003

  This synthesis paper reports on the impact of the increasing role of the private sector in the provision of water services and resources on the rural and urban poor in 10 developing countries.
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  Democracy, regime stability, and growth

  Department of Economics, Stockholm University, 2002

  This study argues that a weak relation between democracy and economic growth found in previous studies is due to the neglect of the increase of stability of institutions over time, and the interaction of this stability with the type of political regime.
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  Global accountability report

  One World Trust, 2003

  Report compares the accountability of Inter-governmental Organisations (IGOs), Trans-national Corporations (TNCs) and International NGOs, assessing eighteen of the world’s most powerful organisations.
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  Opportunities and risks for the poor in developing countries

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2002

  The authors of this paper argue that the forces of globalization ought to influence and contribute towards positive health outcomes for the poor in developing countries.
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  Indigenous Knowledges: opportunities and challenges

  Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, World Bank, 2001

  This paper introduces indigenous knowledge (IK) as a significant resource which could contribute to the increased efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the development process. IK is defined as the basis for community-level decision making in areas pertaining to food security, human and animal health, education, natural resource management and other vital economic and social activities.
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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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