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This study estimates the contribution of nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and poverty reduction as well as to the sustainability of the management of the wildlife estate. The Zambian Government has identified tourism along with agriculture, mining and manufacturing as the most...
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The tourism sector in the Eastern Caribbean continues to face major challenges in the new millennium. These include 1) continued dependence on the health of the developed economies as the primary source of tourists (Europe and the USA); 2) the low value added to the islands' economies from...
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Sri Lanka's ten-year development framework aims at accelerating economic growth while ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing conservation of the country's natural heritage. It is in this context that this policy note seeks to examine the scope for enhancing protection of Sri...
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total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
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effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …
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score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors …
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examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …
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"Improved competitiveness is at the top of the agenda for Mexico as it moves to leverage economic progress made over … sectors in Mexico. They use four indicators of trade facilitation: port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory …, and apply it to the case of Mexico. The formula brings the below-average countries in the group half-way to the average …
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"The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration …
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