In this book, Nagesh Kumar and expert contributors examine and explain the emerging patterns in international technology transfers and foreign direct investment flows (FDIs) over the past two decades. They analyse the trends in internationalization of corporate activity in individual source...

Contents -- Preface -- 1 Water and Sustainability: Facing the Challenges -- 2 U.S. and International Water Resource Management Efforts: Legacy and Lessons -- 3 Five U.S. River Basin Initiatives: Case Studies in Search of Sustainable Development -- 4 Water Quality and Quantity: The Critical...

This book addresses three main dimensions of risk management in emerging markets: 1) the effectiveness of risk management practices; 2) current issues and challenges in risk assessment and modelling in emerging market countries; 3) the responses of emerging markets to the recent financial crises...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Transfer Pricing, Corporate Strategy, and the Investment Climate -- What Is Transfer Pricing? -- Regulation of Transfer Pricing for Direct Taxation Purposes -- Costs and Benefits of Regulating...

This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil tohelp decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitangrowth. The report includes policy recommendations and explores the effective useof metropolitan revenue instruments,...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part I: Exploring Concepts and Applications: Presenter Papers -- 1. Power, Rights, and Poverty Reduction -- 2. Linking Power and Poverty Reduction -- 3. Rights, Power, and Poverty Reduction -- 4. Power Relations and Poverty Reduction -- 5. Empowerment and...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Development Policy Reform -- Policy Reform Is Difficult Business -- Are Developing Countries' Policies Improving? -- Why and How Does the Bank Support Policy Reform? -- 2 Ownership: Linking...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do -- 2. The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can -- 3. Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues -- 4. Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems -- 5....

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword v -- Acknowledgments vii -- Executive Summary viii -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 POWER SECTOR REFORM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- 3 POWER SECTOR POLICIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS -- 4 THE WAY FORWARD: NATIONAL REFORMS AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES --...