This paper examines the economic implications of institutional arrangements by which foreign investors are required to reinvest a certain percentage of their capital within the host country. Our analysis shows that foreign capital inflow can produce long-lasting economic benefits to the host...

The paper examines changes in the extent of poverty in Iran in the period 1983 to 1993. More specifically, it investigates the contributions of growth and redistribution factors to changes in poverty over this period of ten years. The analysis is based on household-level data relating to three...

Analyses the structure of costs in the cement, lime and plaster industry of India. Using aggregative data for the period 1960-61 to 1982-83 a generalised translog cost function is estimated. It is discovered that (1) this industry has been characterised, by and large, by allocative efficiency;...

PART I: ECONOMIC CONCERNS -- Chapter 1: Macroeconomic trends, vulnerability and resilience capability of SIDS -- Chapter 2: Development strategies for the vulnerable SIDS -- Chapter 3: Global developments and sustainability of small islands -- Chapter 4: Trade Policy, Innovation Governance and...