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Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

Compared with its ASEAN neighbors, Vietnam appears to have weathered the Asian crisis quite well. Official statistics indicate a GDP growth rate of 6.6 per cent for the first half of 1998; export growth remains positive, and the dong has depreciated by only 20 per cent against the USD. But the...

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Banking on the Future, Interpreting the Present, Living in the Past. Vietnamnese Banking in the Early 1990s.

Román, Lisa - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995

Vietnam has opened up towards the rest of the world and made considerable progress towards a market economy. The process challenges the institutional capacity of the country. In this context the reorganization of the banking system is central. The paper discusses banking in Vietnam as it appears...

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An Econometric Model of Employment in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing Industries

Heshmati, Almas; Ncube, Mkhululi - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

This paper is concerned with the estimation of an employment relationship and employment efficiency under production … is used to estimate the parameters of the model. Estimation of industry and time-varying employment efficiency is also … considered. Employment efficiency is defined in terms of the distance from the employment frontier defined as minimum employment …

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Twice Hit - Badly Wounded: The Devastating Cost of an Inadequate Transformation in Moldova

Ronnås, Per; Orlova, Nina - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

Moldova holds the unenviable distinction of having suffered the largest fall in GDP and living standards among the former socialist countries in Europe. By mid-1999 GDP had fallen to less than 30 per cent of its level in 1990, while living standards had plummeted from a situation of relative...

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Private Small-Scale Industries in Vietnam: Development Environment and Empirical Results

Kurths, Kristina - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995

In the course of economic reforms in vietnam the emrging private sector has steadily moved forward in terms of number of interprise units in total, output value and employment generation. Small-scale enterprises, mainly established to create employment opportunities for the owner and his family,...

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Promoting Entrepreneurship in the Welfare State

Henrekson, Magnus; Roine, Jesper - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2006

Entrepreneurship is largely ignored or treated in a highly simplified way in endogenous growth theory. Still, it is now widely recognized that the supply of entrepreneurial talent is likely to be important for economic growth, innovation and job creation. In this study we provide an in-depth...

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Productivity Growth in Indonesia: The Role of Regional Characteristics and Direct Foreign Investment

Sjöholm, Fredrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

Using detailed micro data from the Indonesian manufacturing sector, we examine the effect on productivity growth of different regional characteristics and direct foreign investment. The results suggest that a diversified regional industry sector increase productivity growth. Direct foreign...

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Demopgraphic Resonse to Agricultural Reform - Long-run Effects on Consumption, Wages and Population Density

Horn af Rantzien, Mia - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1994

Agricultural reform in a rural economy, comprising two separable landholding classes is analyzed in an over-lapping generations framework. "The poor" work the land and have children to provide for family labor and old age support. "Landlords" only use hired labor and maximize profits. It is...

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Entrepreneurship: A Weak Link in the Welfare State

Henrekson, Magnus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2002

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Institutional Reform, Macroeconomic Policy Change and the Development of Small-scale Industries in Ethiopia

Mulat, Teshome - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1994

The present study provides a detailed analysis of the development pattern and characteristics of small-scale industries in Ethiopia against the backdrop of the transformation of the economic environment in Ethiopia and the specific policies pursued vis-à-vis small-scale industries. Problems...

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