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Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS

Series: Trade and Investment Guides

( Print: October 2000 )

Today, there are over 20 countries classified as transition economies. It is undeniable that a basic and essential challenge for all transition economies is still the attraction of investment and, in...

Standards and Regulations in International Trade

Series: Trade and Investment Guides

( Print: August 2000 )

This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Round Table on Standards, Norms and Regulations and their Impact on International Trade, focused primarily on central and eastern European countries...

Polish Experience of Transition, The

Accomplishments and Problems

Series: Trade and Investment Guides

( Print: February 2001 )

This publication discusses the different aspects of transition Poland has experienced during the last decade. The guide looks at encouraging private entrepreneurship; problems of stock exchanges in a...

Trade Finance in Transition Economies

Practical Ways to Support Exports and Imports

Series: Trade and Investment Guides

( Print: August 1999 )

The development of foreign trade in the transition economies depends largely on the availability of competitive exports and convertible currency funds for imports. This publication addresses practical...

Services in Transition Economies

Series: Trade and Investment Guides

( Print: July 2002 )

The rapid development of the services sector in domestic and international trade has been a major feature of the world’s economic development over the last thirty or more years. At the same time...

Democracy in Latin America

(Re)Constructing Political Society

Series: Changing Nature of Democracy, The

( Print: March 2002 )

(Re)democratization in much of Latin America has had to confront a legacy of civil war or political repression, as well as the social dilemmas inherent in the integration of the region into the global...

Democratic Process and the Market, The

Challenges of the Transition

Series: Changing Nature of Democracy, The

( Print: November 1999 )

The transition of the former socialist countries and East and Central Europe to a pluralistic, democratic system of governance and a modern market economy has involved historically-unparalleled...

Democracy Governance and Economic Performance

East and Southeast Asia

Series: Changing Nature of Democracy, The

( Print: April 2000 )

In a number of states of East and Southeast Asia, democratization occurred or was consolidated in the early 1990s but irrespective of the level of democratization, economic performance has been a...

Commodities at a Glance: Special Issue on Gold

Series: Commodities at a Glance

( PDF: November 2020 )

The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and...

Commodities at a Glance

Series: Commodities at a Glance

( PDF: April 2016 )

Coup d'oeil sur les produits de base

Series: Coup d'oeil sur les produits de base

( PDF: April 2016 )

La série "Coup d’oeil sur les produits de base" a pour but de collecter, présenter et disséminer des informations statistiques précises et pertinentes concernant les marchés internationaux des...

Democratization in the Middle East

Experiences, Struggles, Challenges

Series: Changing Nature of Democracy, The

( Print: April 2003 )

This publication addresses a number of key issues that would determine the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the countries of the Middle East. Drawing on conceptual and country...