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The world economy has shifted markedly towards services. Services are critical to the development of a competitive business sector, however, foreign direct investment in services can generate concerns...

The publication analyses the universe of the largest transnational corporations TNCs globally and those from developing countries, the market concentration of these firms and the internationalization...

Many developing countries are looking to tourism as a potentially promising avenue for economic and human development. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one of the routes through which developing...

The publication examines how six countries (Argentina, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Ethiopia and Viet Nam) have been affected by the elimination of Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs). The...

Many developing countries are looking to tourism as a potentially promising avenue for economic and human development, and foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the routes through which they can...

For developing countries, the textiles and clothing industries have traditionally been an important gateway to industrialization and increased exports. With the expiration of the Agreement on Textiles...

This publication contains documents relating to the MAP CAMP Malta project, the first exercise in integrated coastal area management within the Maltese Islands. Volume I contains the Final Integrated...

This document presents guidelines for the application of best available techniques, best environmental practices and cleaner production in general in the major industrial sources of BOD, nutrients and...

The aim of these guidelines is, starting from the characteristics of the Mediterranean Action Plan countries agricultural systems and the environmental problems related to the use of fertilizers in...

The main objective of this study is to formulate a regional plan for the reduction of 50 percent of BOD generated by the Mediterranean coastal industrial activities by the year 2010. This plan is...

The main goal of this regional plan is the reduction by 20 percent by 2010 of the generation of hazardous waste from industrial installations in the Mediterranean Action Plan countries. In order to...

The aim of these guidelines is to provide a methodology of regional scope to facilitate the identification and application of best available techniques, best environmental practices and cleaner...

This document concerns the proposed targets for generation and disposal of hazardous waste under the strategic action programme elaborated and adopted to facilitate the implementation by the...

These guidelines deal with waste in a maritime environment, which can arise from discharges scattered directly to the sea or far from shore and transported by rains, wind and streams up to the sea...

These proposed guidelines are intended to help countries in the Mediterranean region to establish environmental inspection systems or to review existing ones. In this respect, the guidelines are...

The purpose of this handbook is to raise the level of performance of the environmental inspectors and support the guidelines established under the LBS Protocol by providing details on assessing...

This document, which includes guidelines for the monitoring of rivers’ pollution, constitutes an element for a constructive convergence of exchanged prospects between the countries of the...

This document deals with the overall management of the wastewater sanitation system, and particularly with the problem of wastewater treatment and disposal. It has been developed as a basis for a...

This document outlines the major courses of accumulation of pesticides in the Mediterranean region and provides general comments regarding the uses of these chemical substances. It constitutes a...

This document represents a scientific contribution to the development of ecological quality objectives for the Mediterranean Sea. It aims to review the state of development of biological indicators...