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On the trail... Bob's pilgrimage is about "faith seeking understanding" and "a life seeking union with God." His trail goes through the territory of Scouting and then seminary education. He serves as a Baptist minister 18 years before becoming an Episcopal priest. His travels take him to many states and countries, including several scuba diving trips. He shares his memories, dreams and reflections growing out of many retreats and his love of the Benedictine way of life. This pilgrim tells of his son's suicide, his divorce and re-marriage, and his embracing with openness the challenges of...

With real case stories, Wells and Ahmed bring to life both the hopes for and the failures of international guarantees of property rights for investors in the developing world. Their cases focus on infrastructure projects, but the lessons apply equally to many other investments. In the 1990's inexperienced firms from rich countries jumped directly into huge projects in some of the world's least developed countries. Their investments reflected almost unbridled enthusiasm for emerging markets and trust in new international guarantees. Yet within a few years the business pages of the world press...

This volume consists of two essays both on the use of tax incentives to attract foreign direct investment. The first essay examines this issue in the context of Indonesia. The authors of this essay contend that tax incentives for foreign investors are not part of the solution but may actually be counterproductive. The second essay in this volume provides a review of earlier literature pertaining to the same issues discussed in the first essay.