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09 Mar 1998 |
Democracy, Decentralisation and Deficits in Latin America
What is the impact of political decentralisation in Latin America? This book considers the problems raised by political decentralisation in the region and identifies the challenges ahead. Political decentralisation tends to devolve a certain amount ... |
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27 Mar 1998 |
The Future of Asia in the World Economy
Based on scenarios produced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OECD Development Centre, the authors of this report consider ways in which long-term Asian growth can be consolidated to the benefit of the global economy as a whole. |
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17 Jul 1998 |
Conflict Management in Africa
This volume considers the options available to donors in the effort to prevent conflict and enhance prospects for peaceful social, economic and political development. |
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06 Sept 1998 |
Different Paths to a Market Economy: China and European Economies in Transition
The similarities and differences between the transition experiences of the Central European countries and the People's Republic of China are often, wrongly, taken as alternative approaches to the same problem. In reality, there is great complexity ... |
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22 Jan 1999 |
Growth and Competition in the New Global Economy
This publication offers a stimulating, well-informed tour of the issues which policy makers will have to resolve if the integration of the NEEs into the world economy is to be facilitated |
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16 Mar 1999 |
Financial Liberalisation in Asia
Rapid globalisation has brought substantial benefits to developing Asia, but it has also heightened the risks associated with policy mistakes, weak financial institutions, and problems in corporate and public governance. The 1997 Asian crisis has ... |
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22 Apr 1999 |
Fiscal Decentralisation in Emerging Economies
This collection of experiences of fiscal decentralisation across a wide range of OECD-Member and non-member economies reveals lessons which are equally of relevance to both groups of countries. |
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26 Jan 2000 |
Waging the Global War on Poverty
Eradicating poverty has long been one of the priorities of development co-operation. Yet, despite undoubted progress towards this goal, the strategies adopted at the international and national levels remain controversial. Poverty reduction is a ... |
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09 Mar 2000 |
Global Finance from a Latin American Viewpoint
The Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre created the International Forum on Latin American Perspectives as an annual meeting place of ideas and strategies from Latin America and from the OECD region. The tenth meeting of ... |
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16 May 2000 |
Reform and Growth in Africa
What qualifies an economy as “emerging”? The answers provided in this book lead to a fresh conception of the diversity of the African continent. Thus, growth dynamics cannot simply be measured in economic terms. Indicators must also include ... |
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28 Jun 2000 |
Achieving Financial Stability in Asia
Achieving Financial Stability in Asia sets out to identify the elements which could restore confidence to the countries of the region and stabilise financial flows on a global basis. Thus, measures must be taken which include improving public and ... |
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06 Nov 2000 |
Sustainable Recovery in Asia
Two-thirds of the world's poor live in Asia. The major objective for the region, therefore, must be to reduce poverty. It has become clear in the wake of the crisis that the public sector can no longer shoulder the burden of financing pro-poor ... |
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05 Mar 2001 |
Foreign Direct Investment versus other Flows to Latin America
Proceedings of the 11th International Forum on latin American Perspectives, which discussed the desirability of foreign direct investment over other flows, such as bank lending. |
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06 Jul 2001 |
Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Primary commodities dominate African exports, yet these products are extremely vulnerable to variations in weather conditions, world demand and prices. If the continent is to obtain optimum benefit from the integration and opening of the world ... |
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05 Dec 2001 |
Towards Arab and Euro-Med Regional Integration
This book examines the dynamics of open regionalism, the expansion of domestic markets from increased FDI and monetary stability, and the optimal mix of regional trade agreements. |
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25 Apr 2002 |
Regional Integration in Africa
Regional integration and co-ordination are not a panacea but they could hold the key to African countries' long-awaited participation in the world economy. This was one of the conclusions of the second International Forum on African Perspectives ... |
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05 Jun 2002 |
Technology and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Poverty reduction remains a major development challenge in much of Asia and the Pacific. Historically, technology has played a central role in raising living standards across the region, including those of the poor. The Green Revolution and various ... |
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06 Jun 2003 |
Globalisation, Poverty and Inequality
This book is based on an exceptional event in December 2000 which brought together civil society from poor countries and OECD experts. It emerges that globalisation can have a positive impact in poor countries, but only if policies encouraging more... |
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06 Jun 2003 |
Asia and Europe
This book demonstrates some of the pitfalls associated with services liberalisation but recommends perseverance and even acceleration of the reforms. Contributors call for orderly and rapid progress towards regional integration of the services ... |