Globalisation in Services: From Measurement to Analysis

Statistics Working Paper N. 25 - 2008/3/REV1 - This paper provides new estimates of international trade in services for mode 3 (foreign affiliates' sales in a host country) for four major OECD countries, thanks to the harmonisation of FATS statistics with conventional international trade ones (trade recorded in the balances of payments - modes 1 and 2), using the CEPII's exhaustive CHELEM-BAL database. The results show that sales by

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Conference on Financing Local Development: Understanding the Role of Mutual Credit and Co-Operative Banks, Paris, France, 23 November 2007

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Meeting the Challenges of Decentralisation in France

Despite France’s previously well deserved reputation as a highly centralised state, a significant number of responsibilities have been devolved to regional and local government over the past two decades. The process has not been easy, as is discussed in this working paper.

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Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in France (Economics Department Working Paper No. 569)

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