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Rwanda; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy provides a medium-term framework for achieving the … country’s long-term development goals and aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda … programme, and the Millennium Development Goals. The strategy promotes three flagship programs, namely sustainable growth for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244912
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Kingdom of Lesotho; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: National Strategic Development Plan
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper describes the Kingdom of Lesotho’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and National Strategic Development … transform its economy. To achieve the National Vision goals and to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, the NSDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245521
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China'S Integration Into the World Economy; Implications for Developing Countries
Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did and began to integrate rapidly with the world economy. With the country’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605423
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Inter-Sectoral Linkages and Local Content in Extractive Industries and Beyond; The Case of Sao tome and Principe
Segura, Alonso; Zarate, Walter; Pastor, Gonzalo C.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
consistency between the prospective oil sector development and the growth of other sectors of the economy. We also assess a number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826602
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Ghana; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
€œGhana: Vision 2020,†aimed at making Ghana a middle-income country in 25 years. Vision 2020 focused on human development, economic … growth, rural development, urban development, infrastructure development, and an enabling environment. It was followed by the … discoveries of oil and gas create tremendous opportunities for stimulating national development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245703
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Foreign Direct Investment in Africa; Some Case Studies
Basu, Anupam; Srinivasan, Krishna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper reviews the experiences of a few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that have succeeded in attracting fairly large amounts of foreign investment. The review indicates that sustained efforts to promote political and macroeconomic stability and implement essential structural reforms have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248318
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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth; Firm-Level Evidence From the United States
Yeaple, Stephen R.; Keller, Wolfgang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263684
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Why Does Fdi Go Where it Goes? New Evidence From the Transition Economies
Kinoshita, Yuko; Campos, Nauro F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the importance of agglomeration economies and institutions vis-a-vis initial conditions and factor endowments in explaining the locational choice of foreign investors. Using a unique panel data set for 25 transition economies between 1990 and 1998, we find that the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263716
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Foreign Direct Investment in China; Some Lessons for Other Countries
Zebregs, Harm; Tseng, Wanda - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
China's increasing openness to foreign direct investment (FDI) has contributed importantly to its exceptional growth performance. This paper examines China's experience with FDI and identifies some lessons for other countries. Most of the factors explaining China's success have also been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264264
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FDI from BRICs to LICs; Emerging Growth Driver?
Mlachila, Montfort; Takebe, Misa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Despite the rapid increase in FDI flows to LICs, there have been relatively few studies that have specifically examined these flows. This paper attempts to partially fill the void by throwing light on one particularly dynamic aspect of global FDI-flows from Brazil, Russia, India and China...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203549