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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship in Viet Nam
World Bank - 2023
This report provides a diagnostic of Viet Nam's entrepreneurship ecosystem and details a set of targeted … recommendations for improving conditions for innovative entrepreneurship in the country. The diagnostic consists of four components: 1 … conditions. The report finds that the overall quality and the level of public support for entrepreneurship is low; founders have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579280
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Inequality of opportunity and economic development
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2006
"Just as equality of opportunity becomes an increasingly prominent concept in normative economics, the authors argue that it is also a relevant concept for positive models of the links between distribution and aggregate efficiency. Persuasive microeconomic evidence suggests that inequalities in...
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Equity in educational expenditures : / can government subsidies help?
Das, Jishnu - 2004
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Inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunities in Brazil
Bourguignon, François - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523263
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A Roadmap to Achieve Social Justice in Health Care in Egypt
World Bank - 2015
This paper lays out a roadmap to achieve social justice in healthcare by prioritizing areas related to service delivery, financial protection, and quality of care. The aim is to assist the Government of Egypt (GoE) in realizing the principle of social justice in the provision of healthcare. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564648
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Measuring inequality of opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Barros, Ricardo Paes de (contributor) - 2009
Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644072
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Turkey : Greater Prosperity with Social Justice
World Bank - 2013
These policy notes are intended as background for initial discussions between the new Government and the World Bank about the development strategy for Turkey, and the possible support the World Bank could bring to implement that strategy. This paper presents recent work on specific sectors where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559122
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Doing Business 2011 : Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs
World Bank - 2010
Eighth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2011 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit,...
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