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Dynamic cities and creative clusters
Wu, Weiping - 2005
external environment for innovation and places it in the larger context of national innovation systems. Based on a study of …
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Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons in Workplaces in Thailand
World Bank - 2022
Thailand is widely considered progressive among developing and middle-income countries regarding the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI+) people. Thailand has made progress in developing legislation to stop LGBTI+ discrimination, including adopting the Gender...
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The use and misuse of computers in education : evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia
Barrera Osorio, Felipe - 2009
"This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a two-year randomized evaluation of the program using a sample of 97 schools...
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The relevance of a rules-based maize marketing policy : an experimental case study of Zambia
Abbink, Klaus - 2008
uncertainty of government behavior impedes it. This paper reports on a laboratory experiment based on a stylized model of the … Zambian maize market. The experiment facilitates a comparison between discretionary interventionism and a rules-based policy … in the economic experiment, the improvement in private sector activity is surprisingly small and not statistically …
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Microfinance games
Gine, Xavier (contributor) - 2006
"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed are vulnerable to free-riding and collusion,...
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To serve the community or oneself : the public servant's dilemma
Barr, Abigail - 2004
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Zambia - The Relevance of a Rules-Based Maize Marketing Policy : An Experimental Case Study of Zambia
World Bank - 2012
government behavior underpinned by mutual trust and cooperation. The authors report on an economic policy experiment based on a … stylized model of the Zambian maize market. The experiment facilitates a comparison between the current government policy of …
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Locking Crops to Unlock Investment : Experimental Evidence on Warrantage in Burkina Faso
World Bank - 2022
Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face an array of challenges to realizing higher profits from their agricultural activities, including lack of adequate storage facilities and credit market imperfections. To address these constraints, warrantage, an innovative inventory credit system,...
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Promoting enterprise-led innovation in China
Zhang, Chunlin (contributor) - 2009
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New technologies, new risks? : innovation and countering the financing of terrorism
Zerzan, Andrew - 2009
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