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		<title><![CDATA[Whither Globalisation?: The Beleaguered Promise Of Foreign Investment For Sustainable Development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312689]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment FDI is a leading driver of globalization. Undertaken by TransNational Corporations TNCs, FDI is creating dense and complex global networks of production and consumption. This paper examines statistical and case studies of the relationship between FDI and economic growth in developing countries. It focuses on knowledge spillovers,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Venture Capital: Enabling Sustainable Development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=120300]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As an industry, venture capital VC assumes the risk of investing in next generation technologies and services, most frequently at the early stages of development, for the potentially high returns created by successful new companies. Most of the time the movement to bring environmental and social sustainability into the forefront...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carbon Finance and Solar Water Heating Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=116917]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper explores the potential of carbon finance to boost markets for solar water heating SWH technology in developing countries. The promise of greater adoption of SWH systems into a global energy paradigm is important for sustainable development efforts, since SWH systems can yield multiple local and global environmental, economic,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Towards A Southern Agenda On International Investment: The Role Of International Investment Agreements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313960]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[International investment is an important and complex phenomenon. Research on international investment to date has focused on a limited number of topics, such as the factors that influence investment decisions and the impact of foreign direct investment in selected developing countries. Until now, other topics have received less attention, notably...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Business Models for Aid and Development: New Partnerships for Sustainable Development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=162519]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The demographics of developing nations show exponential levels of unplanned urban growth. This brings huge infrastructural engineering challenges. The old models of simple rural water supply and sanitation schemes are not applicable in the densely populated unplanned urban communities that are rapidly appearing within developing cities. The complexity of retrofitting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Efficacy Of Regulation In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316277]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The receding role of direct state intervention coupled with a consensus on private sector-led growth and development has led to a reduction in economic regulation of industries. Most developing countries have undertaken liberalization and privatization as a first step toward free market regimes, though progress has been uneven. Although the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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