between FDI flows and host country exports in eight East Asian economies. ISSN 1403-0470 ISBN 91-89164-64-4 ANDREAS JOHNSON Host Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment The Case of Developing and Transition Economies Jönköping International Business School P.O. Box 1026 SE-551 11 Jönköping Tel.: +46 36 10 10 00 E-mail: info@jibs.hj.se www.jibs.se Host country effects of foreign direct investment: The case of developing and transition economies JIBS Dissertation Series No. 031
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Greek Economy Case: In 2010 the Greek government had to inform the European Commission on how it would control its budget deficit and improve the performance of its economy. The government’s debt is so high that agencies assessing the creditworthiness of the government downgraded it (which would mean more interest has to be paid to raise finance). Proposals were likely to include a 10% cut in government spending. Analysis: In the coast of Southern Europe, more notably Greece, have only a diminutive
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Asses the view that the introduction of capitalism in developing countries liberates women… By taking different perspectives to approach the assessment that capitalism in developing countries liberates women, we can gain an insight of the arguments justifying the view and those opposing. This essay will proceed to demonstrate how the modernisation theory and marginalisation liberate women, and then add conflicting suggestions such as that of a Marxist Feminist. Perhaps most significantly, modernisation
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" Development and economics are not about statistics. Rather, they a re about lives and jobs. Stiglitz never forgets that there are people at t he end of these policies, and that the success of a policy should be d efined not by h o w fast international banks are repaid, but by h o w m u c h people have to eat, and by h o w much better it makes their lives." — Christian Science Monitor " [An] urgently important new book." — Boston Globe " Whatever your opinions, you will be engaged
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Critically Compare and Contrast Two Sets of the Following Theories of Development: Modernization, Structural Change and Dependency Since the end of World War 2 international development has become increasingly endeavoured upon by academics and politicians alike. The impulse to further understand growth and development was largely due to the dismantling of the European empires following the war. Nations now freed from their colonial ties strived towards a modern status as economies and societies
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Financial Flows From Developing Countries: 2001-2010 Dev Kar and Sarah Freitas1 December 2012 Global Financial Integrity Wishes to Thank The Ford Foundation for Supporting this Project 1 Dev Kar, formerly a Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is Lead Economist at Global Financial Integrity (GFI) and Sarah Freitas is an Economist at GFI. The authors would like to thank Simón Ramírez Amaya, an intern at GFI, for assistance with data research as well as Raymond Baker and
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well-being of its people (p. 87). The per capita of a developed country is typically higher than less developed countries. This notion, along with other economic issues, has been used to classify countries as developed by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations. These organizations have also classified whether a country is considering developing. There are several key differences between all three that one will need to delve into much more. Major Article Summary The article
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Globalization Globalization is an ongoing process of integration and interaction amongst companies, governments and people. It is driven by invention of new technologies and forms of communications, international trade and investment. In addition to economic aspects, globalization plays an important part in other fields. It can also be defined as the integration of economic, cultural, political, ecological and social systems through internationalization and interconnectedness. Globalization
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Economy Does Globalization Help the Poor? by Jerry Mander, Debi Baker and David Korten IFG Bulletin, 2001, Volume 1, Issue 3, International Forum on Globalization During the past few years, we have heard steady proclamations emanating from the advocates of economic globalization and leaders of the Bretton Woods institutions - the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO), et. al. - that their deepest purpose in pushing economic globalization is to help
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examine the major international financial organizations which have emerged and survived in the international system in the post World War II era. Emphasis will be placed on the Bretton Woods institutions, namely the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). Course Objectives • To show the relationship between the theoretical and practical dimensions of International Financial Organizations in relation to mainstream IR theories and in the subfield of International Relations known
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