Search Results - subject:"REGIONAL integration"

Regional Economic Integration and FDI in South Asia : Prospects and Problems

Aggarwal, Aradhna - Indian Council for Research on International Economic …

The slow progress and modest achievements of regional integration in South Asia have generated a huge amount of …. Essentially, it looks at the effect of deepened regionalism on investment flows. It argues that regional integration has the … ...............................................................................................................1 2. Regional Integration, Trade and FDI: Overview of Literature.................................2 2.1 Theoretical …

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Investment Provisions in Regional Integration Agreements for Developing Countries

Morrissey, Oliver - Centre for Research in Economic Development and …

Investment is a major determinant of economic growth, both in reference to the level of the capital stock and its productivity, but has been deficient in poor developing countries. A particular concern for poor countries has been relatively low levels of foreign direct investment (FDI), and a...

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Competition Policy and Public Procurement in Developing Countries

Falvey, Rod; Chimia, Annamaria La; Morrissey, Oliver; … - Centre for Research in Economic Development and …

regional integration agreements. The first part addresses Competition Policy - measures employed by government to ensure a fair …

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MERCOSUR’s role on the regional patterns of imports of its country members: a dynamic panel data approach

Moncarz, Pedro E.; Vaillant, Marcel - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …

With the signature of the Asuncion Treaty by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in July 1991, the four countries implemented an ambitious program to reduce tariffs and non-tariff barriers on their reciprocal trade; a common policy toward third countries was implemented in 1995. As MERCOSUR...

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European Integration and Income Convergence : Lessons for Central and Eastern European Countries

Martin, Carmela; Velazquez, Francisco J.; Funck, Bernard - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The prospect of enlarging the European Union (EU) to Central and Eastern European countries with income levels far below those of present members, questions how, and when the candidates' aspiration to converge towards EU standards of living, could possibly by fulfilled. To address these...

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Using Tax Incentives to Compete for Foreign Investment : Are They Worth the Costs?

Louis T.; Wells, Jr.; Allen, Nancy J.; Morisset, Jacques; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The book contains complementary essays on the use of tax incentives, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). The first essay presents results of the authors' original research, and explores FDI, and issues of tax incentives, in the context of Indonesia. Their results mostly support the...

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Trends in Private Investment in Developing Countries : Statistics for 1970-2000 and the Impact on Private Investment of Corruption and the Quality of Public Investment

Everhart, Stephen S.; Sumlinski, Mariusz A. - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The report is part of the continued investigation on the public-private investment relationship, and its focus for this year is on the quality of public investment, its interaction with corruption, and the resulting impact on private investment. The first chapter provides statistics on trends in...

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Customs Modernization Initiatives : Case Studies

Wulf, Luc De; Sokol, José B. - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This volume presents case studies of customs modernization initiatives in eight developing countries: Bolivia, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, the Philippines, Turkey, and Uganda. The purpose of these case studies was to obtain a firsthand view of how these countries undertook customs reforms...

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Global Change and East Asian Policy Initiatives

Shahid, Yusuf; Altaf, M. Anjum; Nabeshima, Kaoru - Economics Research, World Bank Group

corporate and political governance, economic policy, globalization, higher education, legal reform, regional integration, and …

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India and the WTO

Mattoo, Aaditya; Stern, Robert M. - Economics Research, World Bank Group

India's trade policy establishment is perceived to be somewhat wary of multilateral engagement, even though India is implementing substantial economic, and trade policy reforms. Some essays in this well-researched volume may throw light on this paradox. More important, the essays take a hard...

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