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Does the insurance effect of public and private transfers favor financial deepening? evidence from rural Nicaragua
Hernandez-Hernandez, Emilio; Sam, Abdoul G.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
a loan via changes in credit demand and supply. Empirical evidence from poor rural households in Nicaragua shows CCTs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260385
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The Proliferation of Fiscal Incentives and the Nicaraguan State as a Manager of Rents: A Political Economy Perspective on Nicaraguan Industrial Policy Since 1990
Maas, Hauke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper finds that the proliferation of fiscal incentives in the form of tax exemptions in Nicaragua since 1990 … productive investments, Nicaragua’s tax incentives are merely “assistentialist” and lack effectiveness. For a dynamic industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837331
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Nicaragua: el desafío pendiente de superación de la pobreza
Gallardo, Mauricio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619171
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Central America's Macroeconomic Environment and the Role of the Investment Climate under Free Trade
Gould, David; Loening, Josef L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Central America's economic performance in recent years has benefited from improved macroeconomic management, a favorable external environment, as well as rising investor confidence since the region has pursued greater access to global markets, particularly with the signing of DR-CAFTA in 2004....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680306
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Evolución de la Pobreza Multidimensional en Nicaragua, 2001-2009
Espinoza-Delgado, José Luis; López-Laborda, Julio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua applying the methodology developed by Alkire and Foster … using the 2001, 2005 and 2009 Nicaragua Living Standards Measurement Survey data. Eleven dimensions are considered and three … case of Nicaragua. In general, this paper, in addition to questioning the official poverty estimates in Nicaragua and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156999
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"You Quit?" Influence of Neighbor Experience and Exit on Small Farmer Market Participation
Michelson, Hope - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This research analyzes the relationship between a farmers' participation in Nicaraguan supermarket supply chains and the market entries and exit of neighboring farmers. Drawing on insights from the technology adoption literature on learning and experimentation, we incorporate measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183536
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Small farmers, NGOs, and a Walmart World: Welfare effects of supermarkets operating in Nicaragua
Michelson, Hope C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
geographic placement of supermarket supply chains in Nicaragua between 2000 and 2008 and uses a difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110038
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Human Rights in Bangladesh: Stresses on the Period of 2009 to 2012
Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper is about human rights in Bangladesh and stresses on the period of 2009 to 2012. Bangladesh is a Parliamentary Democratic and densely populated country in South Asia. Human rights are parts and parcel in a democratic country. In a country if human rights are violated then the country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258754
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Integrity, respect for others, and ethics – three essential leadership qualities
Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Ethics, respect for others and integrity (embracing respect for the law), should definitely be pre requisites for leadership. Unfortunately many so called leaders do not understand or practise these values. Some leaders who are held with high regard and esteem at the workplace are prepared to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203630
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Institutionalizing Northeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Timmermann, Martina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
With North Korea going nuclear, tensions ever present in the Taiwan Strait, and growing posturing over territories thought to be rich in resources, the question of how lasting peace, order, stability and prosperity can be achieved in Northeast Asia has become increasingly important....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836788