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Trade costs and location of foreign firms in China
Amiti, Mary - 2005
"The authors examine the determinants of entry by foreign firms using information on 515 Chinese industries at the provincial level during 1998-2001. The analysis, rooted in the new economic geography, focuses on market and supplier access within and outside the province of entry, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522635
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Agglomeration, transport, and regional development in Indonesia
Deichmann, Uwe (contributor) - 2005
"How effective are public interventions in addressing significant regional disparities in formal manufacturing concentration in a developing economy? Deichmann, Kaiser, Lall, and Shalizi examine the aggregate and sectoral geographic concentration of manufacturing industries for Indonesia, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522721
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Endowments, location or luck? : evaluating the determinants of sub-national growth in decentralized Indonesia
McCulloch, Neil - 2008
"Indonesia's "big bang" decentralization in 2001 shifted much of the responsibility for local economic development from central government to district and city governments, which today number more than 450. But the performance of these districts has varied widely. This paper attempts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520990
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Greco-Roman lessons for public debt management and debt market development
Vittas, Dimitri - 2004
"Greece and Italy initiated efforts to improve public debt management and develop their domestic debt markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522920
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Greece - Learning Poverty Brief, 2022
World Bank - 2022
All children should be able to read by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child progresses through school - and conversely, an inability to read constrains opportunities for further learning. Reading proficiency is also critical for foundational learning in other subjects. In low-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545395
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Greek Logistics : Unlocking Growth Potential through Regulatory Reform and Complementary Measures
World Bank - 2014
logistics sector in Greece and to develop policy recommendations. The World Bank is carrying out the project at the request of … a technical assistance package provided by the World Bank Group to the Government of Greece on enhancing the business … environment and trade logistics. The package has been facilitated by the Task Force for Greece (TFGR, an arm of the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560656
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Connecting lagging and leading regions : the role of labor mobility
Lall, Somik V. - 2009
"How can policies improve the welfare of people in economically lagging regions of countries? Should policies help jobs follow people? Or should they enable people to follow jobs? In most countries, market forces have encouraged the geographic concentration of people and economic activEities -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394137
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Nonlinear effects of altitude on child growth in Peru : a multilevel analysis
Gragnolati, Michele - 2006
"Growth at high altitude has been the object of many investigations after experimental studies on animals showed that hypoxia at high altitude slows growth. Many studies have also looked at the Andean populations and found different results. Even though a few studies find that individuals living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522237
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Half a world : regional inequality in five great federations
Milanovic, Branko - 2005
"The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil in the period 1980-2000. They are all federations or quasi-federations composed of entities with substantial economic autonomy. Two types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522501