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"This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and FS liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in one type of FS --commercial banking -- it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalization efforts under...
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This paper discusses AfT's role in reducing poverty. Using cross-country data for 52 countries during 2000-2011, it assesses whether AfT has had a measurable direct effect on poverty in Africa. The paper finds compelling evidence that AfT has directly impacted on poverty, particularly in LDCs...
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The present study conducts an economic assessment of the impact financial services liberalization on foreign bank presence, in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It focuses on how the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) affects foreign direct investment (FDI) of...
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In the run up to the Hong Kong (HK) Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), growing attention has been paid to the needs of developing countries, especially the least developed countries (LDCs) many of whom face deep and persistent poverty and indebtedness. Judging from the...
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