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This manual provides guidance on how to measure and interpret measurements of globalisation's extent and intensity. The manual defines concepts and puts forward guidelines for data collection and fine-tuning of globalisation indicators. In particular, it looks at indicators related to foreign...
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the inflow of some US$2.3 billion in foreign direct investment. FDI has contributed to green-field investment, mergers and … acquisitions, as well as the privatisation of state-owned-enterprises. Creating favourable conditions for FDI has been a core … element of Lithuania’s economic strategy, and relatively few restrictions to FDI now remain. FDI has also been encouraged by …
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Between 2000 and 2001, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into and out of OECD countries recorded their largest drop … their share of global FDI increased slightly in 2001, owing to a less sharp decline in inflows. On current estimates, the … billion worth of FDI in 2001 as compared with USD 12 billion in 2000. ... …
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Too many developing countries are not on track to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and need to pursue better and more sustained ways of reducing poverty. If progress continued on present trends, some countries in sub-Saharan Africa would not reach the MDGs for over a...
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The purpose of this study is to assess the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Croatia. The main characteristics … of FDI in that country are described, along with its impacts on employment, fiscal revenues and trade. The study first … relatively significant amount of FDI, especially when FDI per capita statistics are compared with those of its neighbours …
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The Caribbean Rim Investment Initiative (CRII) promotes a co-operative approach between countries of Central America and the Caribbean, the OECD and other international organisations with the objective of enhancing investment opportunities. This book, which contains the reports for Costa Rica,...
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China has become one of the world's leading destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI). However, while cross …-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become the dominant form of global FDI flows, they remain a relatively small part of FDI …
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The Western Balkan region benefits from a cost-competitive labour force and geographic and cultural proximity to EU markets. However, cost competitiveness as a source of differentiation is not sustainable. Cost levels are increasing gradually in some sectors, reducing firms’ profitability. In...
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