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Do oil windfalls improve living standards?: evidence from Brazil
Caselli, Francesco; Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011
How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries … innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses … these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323949
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Recent Financial Market Developments and Implications for Monetary Policy
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2007
The nature of the financial turbulence that happened recently in US and Europe, why it happened, where it happened, and the implications for central banks. Some of the forces that led up to and characterized the recent spate of events, the specific responses of central banks and some challenges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528200
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies, and country studies carried out with partners in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528305
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System of Rice Intensification in India: Innovation History and Institutional Challenges
Prasad, C. Shambu - eSocialSciences - 2006
and continuing evolution of SRI in India and presents SRI as an innovation in process and not as a completed product …. Farmers and other actors are continuously shaping it through their practice. Part II focuses on insights of the innovation … hightlights the implications for pro-poor innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528318
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Has India Become More Innovative Since 1991? Analysis of the Evidence and Some Disquieting Features
Mani, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2009
There is a strong feeling among especially the West that India is becoming very innovative. The study will take the reader through the empirical evidence on whether this is indeed the case since the reform process of 1991. The actual innovative performance of India’s economy since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512436
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Innovation through Long-distance Conversations? Lessons from Offshoring-based Software Clusters in Bangalore
Okada, Aya - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is aganist the popular assertion regarding the links between innovation and clustering and it is found that … the main sources of knowledge transfer and innovation among key firms in Bangalore’s software cluster are their external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512451
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Start With a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
Levine, Ruth; Temin, Miriam - eSocialSciences - 2009
Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions. This report describes the most prevalent and serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512473
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India as a Global Leader in Science: A Vision for India
PM, Science Advisory Council to PM SAC to - eSocialSciences - 2010
In the next two decades, India is likely to become an economically prosperous nation and move significantly towards being a far more inclusive society, with the bulk of its population gaining access to facilities for education and health care and living a life with hope and security. To realize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673468
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The Digital Society: New Ways to More Transparency, Participation and Innovation
Dapp, Thomas F - eSocialSciences - 2011
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321475