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No. 112 | 01 Jul 1996 |
Economic Transition and Trade-Policy Reform
Trade-policy reform is an essential feature of China’s economic transition to a market economy. On the one hand, the liberalisation and decentralisation of export activities has boosted exports. On the other hand, the reform of China’s import regime... |
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No. 111 | 01 Mar 1996 |
Grow Now/Clean Later, or the Pursuit of Sustainable Development?
This paper is a contribution to the ongoing debate on the relationship between economic growth and the environment. Through a contrast of the experiences of two regional groupings of countries — East Asia and Eastern Europe — that have both... |
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No. 110 | 01 Feb 1996 |
Politiques de l'environnement et libéralisation des échanges au Costa Rica
This paper analyses linkages between growth, trade and the environment in Costa Rica with a Computable General Equilibrium economy-wide model. The investigation considers trade liberalisation and environmental policy reform, and their impact on... |
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No. 109 | 01 Dec 1995 |
Biotechnology and Sustainable Crop Production in Zimbabwe
This case study of Zimbabwe has examined developments in biotechnology against the background of a welldeveloped national agricultural research, plant breeding and seeds system. It has then assessed the constraints to biotechnology research,... |
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No. 108 | 01 Sept 1995 |
Ouverture et croissance industrielle en Chine
This study concerns the impact of China’s “opening and reform” policies on short-term urban industrial growth. It seeks to detail differences in inter-urban growth by observing different degrees of opening and the implementation of reforms. The study... |
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No. 107 | 01 Jul 1995 |
Les migrants, partenaires de la coopération internationale
Malian immigrants in France from the Region of Kayes constitute a community which is culturally and ethnically homogeneous and their expatriate associations have proven to be dynamic. Originally, migration was conceived of by the migrants and their... |
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No. 106 | 01 May 1995 |
Empirical Specifications for a General Equilibrium Analysis of Labor Market Policies and Adjustments
Economic globalization is increasingly challenging traditional, closedeconomy intuition about linkages between demand, supply, and employment. In some parts of the world, substantial employment growth is arising from external demand while, in other... |
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No. 105 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
This case study of Mexico examines developments in agricultural biotechnology against the background of recent changes in macro-economic, environmental and agricultural policies as well as in the regulation of the seeds industry, intellectual... |
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No. 104 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Crop Biotechnology and Sustainability
This document provides a description of Colombian agriculture at a glance, to then enter into a more analytical view of how macroeconomic policies have interacted with sectoral policies to contribute in shaping the activity into what it is today. The... |
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No. 103 | 01 Dec 1994 |
Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
India's self-sufficiency in food production has been achieved by the adoption of chemicals-intensive farming methods which have contributed to serious deterioration of the environment. New evironmentally-friendly technologies, which maintain (or... |
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No. 102 | 01 Dec 1994 |
Transitional Problems from Reform to Growth
In recent years, considerable analytical work has been done on issues of economic reform in countries undertaking adjustment. Less attention has been devoted to the social costs of adjustment and the transitional problems during the period from... |
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No. 101 | 01 Oct 1994 |
Input-Based Pollution Estimates for Environmental Assessment in Developing Countries
The practice of environmental regulation and assessment in developing countries faces many special challenges. Apart from popular misconceptions about negative links between environmentalism and economic growth, there are numerous practical... |
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No. 100 | 01 Oct 1994 |
International Initiatives in Biotechnology for Developing Country Agriculture
A growing number of international initiatives are being undertaken to stimulate the development of agricultural biotechnology applications in developing countries. These initiatives, which include a wide range of biotechnology research, information... |
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No. 99 | 01 Oct 1994 |
Trade and Pollution Linkages
Linkages between international trade and the domestic environment are receiving intensified scrutiny by researchers and policy makers alike. This is especially the case in developing countries, where trade can be a significant agent of change and... |
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No. 98 | 01 Aug 1994 |
Pension Funds, Capital Controls and Macroeconomic Stability
The paper discusses the pros and cons of liberalising foreign investment of pension assets in developing countries, with particular reference to Chile. The positive part of the paper examines the impact on macroeconomic policy of a small country's... |
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No. 97 | 01 Aug 1994 |
The OECD Green Model
This paper presents a brief introduction to the OECD GREEN Model. The GREEN model has been developed by the OECD Secretariat in order to assess the economic impact of abating CO2 emissions using several different economic instruments. The paper is... |
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No. 96 | 01 Jun 1994 |
Promouvoir la maîtrise locale et régionale du développement
By the late 1980s, a technically successful and well-regarded project of reforestation that had been carried out in certain communities in Madagascar with the assistance of bilateral aid from Switzerland, was facing new challenges: How to replicate... |
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No. 95 | 01 Feb 1994 |
Participatory Development and Gender
This paper begins with an explanation of the need for a gender perspective in the participatory development field. Subsequently it examines some of the obstacles to achieving the goals, such as cultural beliefs and practices, including the social... |
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No. 94 | 01 Feb 1994 |
Trade Liberalization and Employment Linkages in the Pacific Basin
At the 1994 APEC summit in Bogor, Indonesia, it was recommended that trade and investment barriers among the member countries be removed by 2020. Despite general consensus that trade liberalization would accelerate development in this most dynamic... |
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No. 93 | 01 Jan 1994 |
What Can Developing Countries Learn from OECD Labour Market Programmes and Policies?
Many OECD Member countries and a large number of the developing countries are suffering from extensive unemployment, both in short and long-term forms. Based on a five-part schema of labour market problems, this paper summarises and evaluates the... |
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Economic Transition and Trade-Policy Reform
Kiichiro Fukasaku and Henri-Bernard Solignac Lecomte
01 Jul 1996
Trade-policy reform is an essential feature of China’s economic transition to a market economy. On the one hand, the liberalisation and decentralisation of export activities has boosted exports. On the other hand, the reform of China’s import regime...
Grow Now/Clean Later, or the Pursuit of Sustainable Development?
David O’Connor
01 Mar 1996
This paper is a contribution to the ongoing debate on the relationship between economic growth and the environment. Through a contrast of the experiences of two regional groupings of countries — East Asia and Eastern Europe — that have both...
Politiques de l'environnement et libéralisation des échanges au Costa Rica
Sébastien Dessus and Maurizio Bussolo
01 Feb 1996
This paper analyses linkages between growth, trade and the environment in Costa Rica with a Computable General Equilibrium economy-wide model. The investigation considers trade liberalisation and environmental policy reform, and their impact on...
Biotechnology and Sustainable Crop Production in Zimbabwe
John J. Woodend
01 Dec 1995
This case study of Zimbabwe has examined developments in biotechnology against the background of a welldeveloped national agricultural research, plant breeding and seeds system. It has then assessed the constraints to biotechnology research,...
Ouverture et croissance industrielle en Chine
Sylvie Démurger
01 Sept 1995
This study concerns the impact of China’s “opening and reform” policies on short-term urban industrial growth. It seeks to detail differences in inter-urban growth by observing different degrees of opening and the implementation of reforms. The study...
Les migrants, partenaires de la coopération internationale
Christophe Daum
01 Jul 1995
Malian immigrants in France from the Region of Kayes constitute a community which is culturally and ethnically homogeneous and their expatriate associations have proven to be dynamic. Originally, migration was conceived of by the migrants and their...
Empirical Specifications for a General Equilibrium Analysis of Labor Market Policies and Adjustments
Andréa Maechler and David Roland-Holst
01 May 1995
Economic globalization is increasingly challenging traditional, closedeconomy intuition about linkages between demand, supply, and employment. In some parts of the world, substantial employment growth is arising from external demand while, in other...
Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
José Luis Solleiro Rebolledo
01 Jan 1995
This case study of Mexico examines developments in agricultural biotechnology against the background of recent changes in macro-economic, environmental and agricultural policies as well as in the regulation of the seeds industry, intellectual...
Crop Biotechnology and Sustainability
Luis R. Sanint
01 Jan 1995
This document provides a description of Colombian agriculture at a glance, to then enter into a more analytical view of how macroeconomic policies have interacted with sectoral policies to contribute in shaping the activity into what it is today. The...
Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
Ghayur Alam
01 Dec 1994
India's self-sufficiency in food production has been achieved by the adoption of chemicals-intensive farming methods which have contributed to serious deterioration of the environment. New evironmentally-friendly technologies, which maintain (or...
Transitional Problems from Reform to Growth
Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil
01 Dec 1994
In recent years, considerable analytical work has been done on issues of economic reform in countries undertaking adjustment. Less attention has been devoted to the social costs of adjustment and the transitional problems during the period from...
Input-Based Pollution Estimates for Environmental Assessment in Developing Countries
Sébastien Dessus, David Roland-Holst and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
01 Oct 1994
The practice of environmental regulation and assessment in developing countries faces many special challenges. Apart from popular misconceptions about negative links between environmentalism and economic growth, there are numerous practical...
International Initiatives in Biotechnology for Developing Country Agriculture
Carliene Brenner and John Komen
01 Oct 1994
A growing number of international initiatives are being undertaken to stimulate the development of agricultural biotechnology applications in developing countries. These initiatives, which include a wide range of biotechnology research, information...
Trade and Pollution Linkages
John Beghin, David Roland-Holst and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
01 Oct 1994
Linkages between international trade and the domestic environment are receiving intensified scrutiny by researchers and policy makers alike. This is especially the case in developing countries, where trade can be a significant agent of change and...
Pension Funds, Capital Controls and Macroeconomic Stability
Helmut Reisen and John Williamson
01 Aug 1994
The paper discusses the pros and cons of liberalising foreign investment of pension assets in developing countries, with particular reference to Chile. The positive part of the paper examines the impact on macroeconomic policy of a small country's...
The OECD Green Model
Hiro Lee, Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
01 Aug 1994
This paper presents a brief introduction to the OECD GREEN Model. The GREEN model has been developed by the OECD Secretariat in order to assess the economic impact of abating CO2 emissions using several different economic instruments. The paper is...
Promouvoir la maîtrise locale et régionale du développement
Philippe de Rham and Bernard Lecomte
01 Jun 1994
By the late 1980s, a technically successful and well-regarded project of reforestation that had been carried out in certain communities in Madagascar with the assistance of bilateral aid from Switzerland, was facing new challenges: How to replicate...
Participatory Development and Gender
Winifred Weekes-Vagliani
01 Feb 1994
This paper begins with an explanation of the need for a gender perspective in the participatory development field. Subsequently it examines some of the obstacles to achieving the goals, such as cultural beliefs and practices, including the social...
Trade Liberalization and Employment Linkages in the Pacific Basin
Hiro Lee and David Roland-Holst
01 Feb 1994
At the 1994 APEC summit in Bogor, Indonesia, it was recommended that trade and investment barriers among the member countries be removed by 2020. Despite general consensus that trade liberalization would accelerate development in this most dynamic...
What Can Developing Countries Learn from OECD Labour Market Programmes and Policies?
Åsa Sohlman and David Turnham
01 Jan 1994
Many OECD Member countries and a large number of the developing countries are suffering from extensive unemployment, both in short and long-term forms. Based on a five-part schema of labour market problems, this paper summarises and evaluates the...