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		<title><![CDATA[Copenhagen's 2nd Week: Poor Nations Walk Out, Thousands Wait and Facebook Friends]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations international climateÂ summit in CopenhagenÂ is well into its second week and already folks are worried the time will slip away before some kind of agreement -- even a framework -- is reached. Two major hurdles remain:Â how much willÂ wealthy nations pony up to help poor countries deal with climae...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:24:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Good by Reading Good Books]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=421]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[800CEORead is offering a Three for $30 deal -- for $30, you get three books, including one that was at least a finalist for its Best Books of 2008 list. In turn, it donates the money to Room to Read, a well-regarded educational charity which works in developing countries. by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:13:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Advantages: Business Process Outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1123547]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since there are a lot of skilled individuals in developing countries with little chance of employment, outsourcing became one of the best industries considered by a lot of talented and skilled individuals in developing countries. In terms of salary, outsourcing provides cheap labor compared to getting your companies work done...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-245277.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line Jukka Lipponen. Jukka Lipponen - KBW Good morning. Robert B. Pollock - President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning Jukka. Jukka Lipponen - KBW A couple of questions, I am sorry if I missed that I have to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:13:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Developing Countries are Developing Medical Tourism]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=160]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time I heard about US folks outsourcing their heart surgery or hip replacement to doctors in India or China, it sounded crazy. But clearly the rise of "medical tourism" -- traveling to different countries to have a medical procedure done less expensively, more expediently, and in some cases...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:22:45 -0800</pubDate>
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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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		<title><![CDATA[Welfare Enhancing Direct Investment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=314099]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper presents a model and condition in which an acceptance of direct investment is welfare enhancing for a developing country in a multi-commodity multi-factor framework. Contrary to the pessimistic conventional wisdom of Uzawa-Hamada-Brecher-Diaz proposition, this paper provides a justification for capital importation and the export-led growth policy in developing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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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>
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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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		<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing, Services And Premature Deindustrialization In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317610]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper uses a Kaldorian framework to examine the evidence of deindustrialization in developing countries at low levels of income, the jobless growth in these economies and the fast expansion of the informal sector. The questions are specifically examined for the Indian economy, using state level data but the analysis...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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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>
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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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		<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>
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		<title><![CDATA[Improving Business Environments Through Regulatory Impact Analysis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317412]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Regulatory Impact Analysis RIA is a tool now used in most developed countries to improve the understanding of economic and social welfare impacts of regulation. It is widely recognized as an important mechanism which can contribute to improving the business environment, and to promote regulatory efficiency and effectiveness. This paper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exploring Ethical Considerations for the Use of Biological and Physiological Markers in Population-Based Surveys in Less Developed Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=157388]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The health information needs of developing countries increasingly include population-based estimates determined by biological and physiological measures. Collection of data on these biomarkers requires careful reassessment of ethical standards and procedures related to issues of safety, informed consent, reporting, and referral policies. This paper reviews the survey practices with health...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Translating Research Into Policy and Practice in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Magnesium Sulphate for Pre-Eclampsia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=155174]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The evidence base for improving reproductive health continues to grow. However, concerns remain that the translation of this evidence into appropriate policies is partial and slow. The objective of this study was to examine the factors that might affect the translation of Randomized Controlled Trial RCT findings into policies and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GATT/ WTO and the IPR Regime]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=168528]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is possible to illustrate with two very basic examples how the Uruguay GATT round has been impervious to the needs of developing countries while securing the interests of the industrialised nations. A fundamental quid pro quo between the developing and developing nations should have been the granting of labour...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Introducing Financial Management Information Systems in Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153656]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, developing countries DCs have been encouraged to reform their public expenditure management systems and have increasingly embarked on major projects to computerize their government operations. Most popular among these have been projects to computerize government accounting and payment operations, by introducing government financial management information systems...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Distortions to World Trade: Impacts on Agricultural Markets and Farm Incomes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153873]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper provides estimates of the impact that removing all merchandise trade distortions would have on food and agricultural production, trade, and incomes. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project GTAP database and the World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy (projected to 2015), their results...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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