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Knowledge, productivity, and innovation in Nigeria : creating a new economy
Radwan, Ismail - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245410
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Trade, standards, and the political economy of genetically modified food
Anderson, Kym - 2004
"Anderson, Damania, and Jackson develop a common-agency lobbying model to help understand why North America and the European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms (in this case farmers) lobby policymakers to influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522939
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Mongolia Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2012
The Mongolian economy has grown very rapidly following the discovery of significant mineral deposits. Large investments in the mining sector have led to increased capital inflows, resulting in cheap external funding for banks and rapid credit expansion. Loans to households increased at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248106
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Nicaragua Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection in Financial Services : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2011
In 2010, over 92 percent of the assets in the Nicaraguan financial system were concentrated in the banking sector, while microfinance managed over 5 percent, and all the remaining segments covered less than 3 percent. Starting in the late 1990s and until 2007, the microfinance sector in...
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Armenia : Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy, Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank - 2013
The objectives of the diagnostic review of consumer protection and financial literacy for Armenia are: (i) to assess the existing financial consumer protection framework, by reviewing laws, regulations and practices in Armenia compared to international good practices; and (ii) to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558072
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Monetary policy and sectoral shocks : did the Federal Reserve react properly to the high-tech crisis?
Raddatz, Claudio E. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523277
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Leveraging High Technology to Drive Innovation and Competitiveness and Build the Sri Lankan Knowledge Economy
World Bank - 2012
competitiveness in key export-oriented industries and help build a strong Sri Lankan knowledge economy. The study examines global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550862
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Tech Start-up Ecosystem in Beirut : Findings and Recommendations
World Bank - 2017
Technology is one of the main drivers of productivity and economic growth. Developing countries have traditionally had difficulties in both developing technology and absorbing foreign technology. However, the recent emergence of tech startups present an opportunity. Tech start-ups are an...
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Tech Start-up Ecosystem in Dar es Salaam : Findings and Recommendations
World Bank - 2017
Technology is one of the main drivers of productivity and economic growth. Developing countries have traditionally had difficulties in both developing technology and absorbing foreign technology. Seventy to eighty percent of the productivity gap between developed and developing countries is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247021
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Knowledge and development : a cross-section approach
Chen, Derek Hung Chiat - 2004
"Chen and Dahlman assess the effects of knowledge on economic growth. By using an array of indicators, each of which … represents an aspect of knowledge, as independent variables in cross-section regressions that span 92 countries for the period … 1960 to 2000, they show that knowledge is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth. In particular, the …
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