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Regulatory assessment toolkit : a practical methodology for assessing regulation on trade and investment in services
Molinuevo, Martín - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394003
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Foreign direct investment in services and manufacturing productivity growth : evidence for Chile
Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2008
"During the 1990s, foreign direct investment in producer service sectors in Latin America was massive. Such investment may increase the quality of services, reduce their cost, and offer opportunities for knowledge spillovers to downstream users of the services. This paper examines the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521029
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Tunisia's Global Integration : Second Generation of Reforms to Boost Growth and Employment
World Bank - 2012
This report addresses the following issues: Chapter one takes stock of the integration policies implemented since the early 1970s and assessed their impact on foreign direct investments (FDI), exports and employment. Chapter two looks at today's major challenges in the manufacturing sector and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553081
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Tunisia's global integration : a second generation of reforms to boost growth and employment
2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644075
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Tunisia's Global Integration : A Second Generation of Reforms to Boost Growth and Employment
World Bank - 2012
This study on a world integration for Tunisia attempts to contribute to the achievement of the growth of the 11th development plan. It first takes stock of past integration policies, outlining policies implemented and assessing their impact on foreign direct investments (FDI), exports and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561314
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Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains
Farole, Thomas - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393981
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009
the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to innovate (raise their … find that competition has a negative effect on innovation, especially for firms further from the efficiency frontier, and … we do not find support for an inverted U effect of competition on innovation. The authors show that the supply chain of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394102
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Does it matter where you come from? : vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment and the nationality of investors
Saggi, Kamal - 2004
"Javorcik, Saggi, and Spatareanu use a firm-level panel data set from Romania to examine whether the nationality of foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment. Investors' country of origin may matter for spillovers to domestic producers in upstream...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522886
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To share or not to share : / Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment
Smarzynska, Beata K. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523318
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The Labor Market Implications of Restricted Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya : Evidence from Nationally Representative Phone Surveys
World Bank - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic affected people's livelihoods in many ways, particularly in developing countries. This paper examines the degree to which recovering mobility levels impacted labor market outcomes in Kenya over the course of the pandemic, starting from May 2020 until June 2021. It uses an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255079