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This article is based on papers prepared for an international forum on The Challenges of Globalization, Bishop's University, 6-8 June 1999, and an international conference on Canadian and Taiwanese public policy at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, 18 December 1998. I gratefully acknowledge the comments of colleagues at these conferences, the research assistance of Gina Stephens, Natalie Armstrong, Paul Jacobelli, Ivan Savic, Diana Juricevic, and other members of the G8 Research Group, and the co-operation of many interviewees in G-7 governments and IFIs.

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