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Having passed the “market test”, private aid is claimed by its proponents to be better-targeted than official development assistance (ODA). But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by performing a case study of Nestlé, one of the frontrunners among...
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This paper assesses to what extent the arguments put forward in the consensus debate can help explain the different economic performance of Latin American and Asian countries. The paper shows that Latin America and fast-growing Asia indeed differ significantly with respect to all economic policy...
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Over the past decade the scale of higher education in China has expanded substantially. Regional development policies … inequality of higher education opportunities across provinces in China over the period of the scale expansion, taking different … with the policy orientation of reforming the higher education system and of promoting regional development in China over …
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using a small panel of science and technology business incubators (STBIs) in China. We find that while the number of firms …
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on high-tech firms within and outside the STIPs in China, while paying special attention to the issues related to …
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. Theoretical considerations based on the New Institutional Economics suggest that, in a transition economy such as China, companies … (electronics industry) companies operating in the PRD, China. From this we obtain some, though often weak, evidence in favor of the …
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Since its inception in the early 1980s, the success of China's enterprise reforms remains hotly debated. This paper …
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This paper estimates the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) of CO2 emissions in China based on a provincial panel for … optimal specification controlling for various covariates is identified econometrically. A scenario simulation of China’s 40 …-45 percent carbon intensity reduction based on our MACC is illustrated. Our simulation results show that China would incur a 559 …
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China, using a more recent provincial dataset and more sophisticated panel data estimation techniques than previous studies …
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in Asia has been the rise of China, and not preferential trade agreements. In the last two decades, Chinas has managed to … establish itself as the indispensable trading partner in the region. In 2011, China accepted a trade deficit with its … of co-operation are formidable. Other Asian countries like to co-operate with China, but demonstrate an even rising …
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