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		<title><![CDATA[Trade, FDI And Technology Diffusion In Developing Countries: The Role Of Human Capital And Institutions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312792]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper examines the impact of inflows of foreign knowledge on economic development, in the context of different institutional development and differing levels of human capital. It employ threshold regression analysis based on Hansen (2000) to determine whether there is cross-country heterogeneity in the flows of foreign knowledge from advanced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/knowledge.html"><![CDATA[Knowledge]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Political Institutions And Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312691]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 1990s, Foreign Direct Investment FDI became the largest single source of external finance in the developing world. Not only is FDI increasingly important in quantitative terms, it also has a number of qualitative characteristics important to developing countries. It is less volatile than portfolio flows, does not require...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment+%2528fdi%2529.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/currency+%2526+foreign+exchange.html"><![CDATA[Currency & Foreign Exchange]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Quality of Institutions And Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317350]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the short-run and long-run dynamics between quality of institutions and Foreign Direct Investment FDI in the sample of 62 developing countries covering period 1984-2003. Panel cointegration test and FM OLS Fully Modified OLS estimators are used to test for cointegration. For short-run dynamics, we estimate error correction...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/developing+country.html"><![CDATA[Developing Country]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/korea+institute+for+international+economic+policy.html"><![CDATA[Korea Institute For International Economic Policy]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Debt, Money Supply, and Inflation: A Cross-Country Study and Its Application to Jamaica]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=259550]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper provides comprehensive empirical evidence that supports the predictions of Sargent and Wallace's (1981) "Unpleasant monetarist arithmetic" that an increase in public debt is typically inflationary in countries with large public debt. Drawing on an extensive panel dataset, it is found that the relationship holds strongly in indebted developing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/debt.html"><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does Foreign Direct Investment Harm The Host Country's Environment?: Evidence From China]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312825]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As more manufacturing is moved to the developing countries, policy makers become concerned with the environmental consequence. Relatively lenient environmental policies in the developing countries may give them a comparative advantage in pollution intensive goods, and openness to trade and foreign direct investment might harm the host country's environment. This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/developing+country.html"><![CDATA[Developing Country]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment In Infrastructure In Developing Countries: Does Regulation Make A Difference?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317305]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the mid-1980s, governments around the world have pursued policies to encourage private sector participation in the financing and delivery of infrastructure services. The natural monopoly characteristics of infrastructure utilities mean, however, that the privatization of these industries risks the creation of private-sector monopolies. Therefore, governments need to develop strong...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/regulation.html"><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/university+of+manchester.html"><![CDATA[University Of Manchester]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investment Facilitation And Regulation In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312829]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Even those living in the remotest corners of the globe; palpably feel the irreversible impacts of globalisation - both negative and positive. This fact poses numerous challenges for policymakers at all levels across countries, more particularly in the developing world. One of these challenges stems from a widespread concern that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Double Taxation Treaties Increase Foreign Direct Investment To Developing Countries?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317368]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Developing countries invest time and other scarce resources to negotiate and conclude Double Taxation Treaties DTTs with developed countries. They also accept a loss of tax revenue as such treaties typically favour residence-based over source-based taxation and developing countries are typically net capital importers. The incurred costs can only pay...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/developing+country.html"><![CDATA[Developing Country]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment+%2528fdi%2529.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Increase Foreign Direct Investment To Developing Countries?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312640]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign investors are often skeptical toward the quality of the domestic institutions and the enforceability of the law in developing countries. Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT's) guarantee certain standards of treatment that can be enforced via binding investor-to-state dispute settlement outside the domestic juridical system. Developing countries accept restrictions on their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/developing+country.html"><![CDATA[Developing Country]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/london+school+of+economics.html"><![CDATA[London School Of Economics]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment And The Business Environment In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317365]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties on FDI Foreign Direct Investment and the domestic business environment remain unexplored despite the proliferation of treaties over the past several years. This paper asks whether BITs Bilateral Investment Treaties stimulate FDI flows to host countries, and if the treaties have any impact on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/environment.html"><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[International Trade, Economic Growth And Intellectual Property Rights]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312735]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper examines the role of high-technology trade, IPRs Intellectual Property Rights and FDI Foreign Direct Investment in determining a country's rate of innovation and economic growth. The empirical analysis is conducted using a unique panel data set of 47 developed and developing countries from 1970 to 1990. The results...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/mount+holyoke+college.html"><![CDATA[Mount Holyoke College]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regional Integration And Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316265]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The empirical paper offers little guidance on whether some regions are more successful in attracting FDI Foreign Direct Investment than others. The authors bring together two differing approaches (detailed descriptions of regions and studies estimating effects econometrically based on 0/1 dummies) and estimate model explaining the real stock of UK...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Determinants Of Liberalization Of FDI Policy In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=314047]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The decade of the 1990s was characterized by widespread liberalization of law and regulation affecting inflows of Foreign Direct Investment FDI in developing countries.. Ninety-five percent of the changes in FDI policy over the decade were liberalizing rather than restrictive. Two possible explanations of liberalization are posited: policy makers' beliefs...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/developing+country.html"><![CDATA[Developing Country]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/liberalization.html"><![CDATA[Liberalization]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment+%2528fdi%2529.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/free+trade.html"><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Labour Market Effects Of US FDI In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316321]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper has a number of goals. One is to describe, from the investor or home country side, how US firms have chosen locations for their Foreign Direct Investment FDI, and provide a little of the history of these choices and how they have changed. A second is to show...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/developing+country.html"><![CDATA[Developing Country]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/international+labour+organization.html"><![CDATA[International Labour Organization]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/currency+%2526+foreign+exchange.html"><![CDATA[Currency & Foreign Exchange]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Effects of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Output and Prices: Evidence From Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133497]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper examines the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on real output and the price level in a sample of 33 developing countries. The theoretical model decomposes movements in the exchange rate into anticipated and unanticipated components. Unanticipated currency fluctuations help to determine aggregate demand through exports, imports, and the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment To Developing Countries In The Globalised World]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317245]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the key issues related to foreign direct investment flows to developing countries in the globalised world. In particular, the paper focuses on the trend and direction of foreign direct investment flows to developing countries and the uneven distribution of the flows among the countries. Furthermore, the paper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/university+of+strathclyde.html"><![CDATA[University Of Strathclyde]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[FDI In The Telecommunication Sectors Of Transition And Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=314075]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The international structure of the telecommunication market is changing rapidly, shaped by waves of privatization, technological progress and international activism of Multinational Companies and former national monopolists. With the signature of Agreement on Basic Telecommunications and the Reference Paper of 1997, 69 member countries of the WTO have engaged in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/johns+hopkins+university.html"><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment+%2528fdi%2529.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/currency+%2526+foreign+exchange.html"><![CDATA[Currency & Foreign Exchange]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/telephony.html"><![CDATA[Telephony]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/telecom+%2526+utilities.html"><![CDATA[Telecom & Utilities]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[FDI In Landlocked Developing Countries At A Glance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=314266]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper begins by identifying the factors unique to landlocked countries that affect FDI Foreign Direct Investment inflows to them. It seeks to develop an understanding of both the nature of the barriers to FDI that remoteness from and lack of national access to seaports creates, and their magnitude. This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment+%2528fdi%2529.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reversal of Fortunes: Democratic Institutions And Foreign Direct Investment Inflows To Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=76913]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The article argues that democratic institutions have conflicting effects on FDI inflows. On the one hand, democratic institutions hinder FDI inflows. They tend to limit the oligopolistic or monopolistic behaviors of multinational enterprises, facilitate indigenous businesses' pursuit of protection from foreign capital, and constrain host governments' ability to offer generous...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/inflow.html"><![CDATA[Inflow]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment+%2528fdi%2529.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Flow Of Foreign Direct Investment To Hitherto Neglected Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313175]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The last decade or so has witnessed rather dramatic increases in the flow of Foreign Direct Investment FDI to the developing countries of the world. However, the balance of evidence seems to point in one direction, the inflow has been uneven. Middle-income developing countries have benefited from this upsurge at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/foreign+direct+investment.html"><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/united+nations+university.html"><![CDATA[United Nations University]]></category>
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