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As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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This policy document analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency in allocation and use of funds from the Fifth component … stakeholders in their removal and providing suggestions to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency in the distribution of IPARD …
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Burundi, a small fragile economy, went through sporadic civil war since its independence in 1962 during which rampant insecurity had adverse impact on the country’s social and economic development. While Burundi is agriculturally rich, high rate of growth of rural population places...
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So far no existing study has analyzed what determines people’s trust in the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO even though – in the absence of democratic accountability – this is one of the few ways to assess the legitimacy of these institutions. This study is intended to fill this gap in...
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contributions of the EU Member States seem not to be enough and China appears as a potential contributor. It is often cited that … China offered Portugal and Spain in March 2011 to support their crisis management. However, recently, there are attempts … from the side of the EU to convince China take part in the EFSF. Thus the question raised often in Europe is the following …
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In this study, we examine the wealth effects of regulatory changes intended to improve corporate governance by protecting minority shareholders from expropriation by controlling shareholders. Using data from publicly traded Chinese firms, we find that these new regulations significantly...
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domestic technology diffusion. I identify four de facto research centers in China and investigate whether the effect of R …
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This paper analyzes the impact of Research and Development (R&D) on the productivity of China's high technology … differences across three major regions in China, we use a novel semiparametric approach that allows us to model heterogeneities …
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China’s policy-makers argued that WTO accession and the accompanying trade liberalization would have a beneficial … impact on the domestic economy. China’s import tariffs differed tremendously across industry in the earlier years, but …
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share of each country’s exports going to China from 2000 to 2010. China’s growing share of world spending is found to be the … protectionism by China contributed too. …
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