02805nam a2200241Ia 4500001001100000005001700011008004300028020001500071020001800086020001800104245010200122260004500224300003100269520111100300650002401411830003101435830002601466856028601492856028601778856020802064856020802272856008302480000000390520251012174320.0  020129s2002    dcu     o    i001 0 eng d  a0821353381  a9780821353387  z978082135338700aGlobal Economic Prospects 2003h[electronic resource]bInvesting to Unlock Global Opportunities.   aWashington, D.C.bThe World Bankc2002.   a1 online resource (242 p.)  aStrong cyclical dynamics, together with an easing of macroeconomic policies in the United States and elsewhere, have boosted large parts of the global economy, into the initial phase of a recovery in 2002. Nonetheless, the global recovery is fragile,  because investment spending is insufficient to underpin continuing growth, although long-term prospects remain promising. Although global competition is creating new opportunities for developing countries, harnessing globalization requires reducing barriers to competition, using targeted interventions carefully, but essentially, supported by sound public investments. International agreements on investment, and competition policies can provide benefits through reciprocity, while agreements on investment policy are likely to have strong development effects, only if they deal with the big issues facing developing countries. Consequently, competition agreements should focus on restraints to competition that hurt developing countries: policy barriers in markets abroad; private restraints on competition; and, trade restraints officially sanctioned. 0aFinancial literacy. 0aGlobal Economic Prospects. 0aWorld Bank e-Library.4 iInput this URL in a browser to get HTML table of contents data.qHTMLuhttp://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0821353381&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=32384430bcf75a41c10decdcc3c2de28379f6a749d6b77ccf4a8e47f9b77e94c& ectype=TOC3table of contents4 iInput this URL in a browser to get HTML table of contents data.qHTMLuhttp://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0821353381&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=32384430bcf75a41c10decdcc3c2de28379f6a749d6b77ccf4a8e47f9b77e94c& ectype=TOC3table of contents4 iInput this URL in a browser to get JPEG cover art data.qJPEGuhttp://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0821353381:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=03cover art 4 iInput this URL in a browser to get JPEG cover art data.qJPEGuhttp://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0821353381:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=03cover art 403World Bank e-Libraryuhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821353387