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"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...

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Gifted kids or pushy parents? : foreign acquisitions and plant performance in Indonesia

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2005

"This paper uses micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing to analyze the causal relationship between foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, the difference in differences approach is combined with a matching technique....

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Direct support to private firms : evidence on effectiveness

Batra, Geeta - 2003

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Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking Report : Eyes on COMESA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency - 2009

Many countries are convinced that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) should be an important component of their growth strategy. To encourage FDI, they have improved their business climates, developed various guarantees for investors, and offered incentives. In the real world, Investment Promotion...

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Growth spillover effects and regional development patterns : the case of Chinese provinces

Luo, Xubei - 2005

"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to …

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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies

Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009

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Local financial development and growth

Kendall, Jake - 2009

"Using a unique sample of net domestic product data for districts in India, I investigate the connection between banking sector development, human capital, and economic growth at the sub-national level. Using disaggregate data avoids many of the omitted variable problems that plague...

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Decentralization, economic development, and growth in Turkish provinces

Tosun, Mehmet S. - 2008

"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early 1980s. This paper examines economic development and growth in Turkish provinces. Although there is a rich literature on the economic effects of government decentralization from...

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Convergence, dynamics, and geography of economic growth : the case of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Verner, Dorte - 2004

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Growth without Borders : A Regional Growth Pole Diagnostic for Southern Africa

World Bank - 2014

Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth pole strategies in order to deepen the economic linkages...

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