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Human Development Sector Profile, Indonesia 2010-2011 : Strengthening Health and Education Institutions in Indonesia
World Bank - 2011
sector, which encompasses both health and education. The World Bank's Human Development sector work covers almost the entire … human life cycle, from maternal and neo-natal health, health insurance, early childhood education, school health and … nutrition, basic education, to teacher reform, secondary education and youth skills, higher education, medical and health …
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Health effects and pesticide perception as determinants of pesticide use : evidence from bangladesh
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2005
"In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly...
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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
"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394102
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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Local economic structure and growth
Almeida, Rita - 2005
"The author tests how the local economic structure-measured by a region's sector specialization, competition, and diversity-affects the technological growth of manufacturing sectors. Most of the empirical literature on this topic assumes that in the long run more productive regions will attract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522472
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Growth spillover effects and regional development patterns : the case of Chinese provinces
Luo, Xubei - 2005
"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...
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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
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 sectors (supplying intermediate inputs) in two ways. First, the share … EU investors and thus present greater potential for vertical spillovers. The empirical analysis produces evidence in …
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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Migration, spillovers, and trade diversion : the impact of internationalization on stock market liquidity
Levine, Ross - 2003
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