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Innovation Theories: Relevance and Implications for Developing Country Innovation

Léger, Andréanne; Swaminathan, Sushmita - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

Innovation is at the basis of economic development and as such, it is instrumental for developing countries. We review … the literature on innovation from the perspectives of four select branches of economics to build a conceptual framework of … innovation applicable to developing countries. The conceptual framework includes insights from the surveyed literature and …

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Personality and Career: She's Got What It Takes

Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity: In the executive boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only...

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The political dimension of inequality during economic development

Cogneau, Denis - DIAL - 2009

European Enlightenment thinkers were right in stressing the political dimension of inequality, rather than referring to "natural differences" as some others did after them in the 19th or 20th centuries. Drawing from recent theoretical and empirical contributions in social sciences and in...

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Curse or Blessing? Natural Resources and Human Development

Pineda, José Pineda and Francisco Rodríguez - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010

This paper argues against a natural resource curse for human development. We find evidence that changes in human development from 1970 to 2005, proxied by changes in the Human Development Index, are positively and significantly correlated with natural resource abundance. While our results are...

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International Migration and Human Development in Turkey

Içduygu, Ahmet - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009

As often argued, a negative perception of immigration, or even emigration, prevails public opinions and governments in most countries. It is argued that caused by economic hardship or political hardship or political unrest in countries of origin, it would threaten well-being and identity in...

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Trafficking in Persons and Human Development: Towards A More Integrated Policy Response

Laczko, Frank; Danailova-Trainor, Gergana - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009

Poverty is often regarded as the "root cause" of trafficking, but the linkages between poverty, lack of development and trafficking are complex. For example, there is some evidence to suggest that victims of cross-border trafficking are more likely to originate from middle-income rather than...

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Migration and Gender Empowerment: Recent Trends and Emerging Issues

Ghosh, Jayati - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009

Women are increasingly significant as national and international migrants, and it is now evident that the complex relationship between migration and human development operates in genderdifferentiated ways. However, because migration policy has typically been gender-blind, an explicit gender...

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Gender and Intra-Regional Migration in South America

Cerrutti, Marcela - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009

This paper examines the process of feminization of South American intra-regional migration, with emphasis in the Southern Cone. It describes recent changes and trends, and addresses some of the most salient issues on the participation and experiences of female migrants. It deals with the social...

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HDR 1995 - Gender and Human Development

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

Human Development, if not engendered, is endangered. That is the simple but far-reaching message of Human Development Report 1995. The Report analyses the progress made in reducing gender disparities in the past few decades, highlighting the wide and persistent gap between women's expanding...

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Globalization and Female Labor Force Participation in Developing Countries: An Empirical (Re-)Assessment

Cooray, Arusha; Gaddis, Isis; Wacker, Konstantin M. - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2012

We investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade, as two measures of globalization, on female labor force participation in a sample of 80 developing countries over the last decades. Contrary to the mainstream view in the literature, which is mainly based on country-case...

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