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"This paper focuses on Tohoku University in Sendai in the nonmetropolitan area of Japan. Both a long historical and comparative perspective and a spacial perspective are essential to discuss the relevance of university-local industry linkages to local regional economic development. The...
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"This study looks at the contribution of the university system in Vietnam to the socioeconomic development in general, and their relationship with firms, dynamic actors of the economy in particular. The study uses different methods of research, from reliance on secondary data to interviews with...
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, and industry officials everywhere generally anticipate the increasing competitiveness of India in high technology … activities. Using a structural framework, the author argues that Bangalore's (and India's) information technology (IT) industry … inter-firm collaboration, and the absence of cross-fertilization between the knowledge-intensive defense/public sector and …
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from own experience over generations but also knowledge gained from other sources and fully internalized within local ways …
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The economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak has an unprecedented impact on public finances. Governments are … sharply down. Communicating the financial consequences of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to all stakeholders in a timely manner is …
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The economy of the Central African Republic (CAR) grew at a slower pace in 2019 compared to 2018. Still, it grew at 3.1 percent, year-onyear, in 2019, above the average of regional peers (1.6 percent) and countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) (2.7 percent). Despite...
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Kenya's economy has been hit hard by COVID-19, severely affecting incomes and jobs. The economy has been exposed through the dampening effects on domestic activity of the containment measures and behavioral responses, and through trade and travel disruption (affecting key foreign currency...
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To monitor the social and economic effects on households during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank is conducting High-Frequency Phone Surveys of Households in Vietnam. These monitoring data help generate insights on household well-being amidst this dynamic period and highlight the effects on...
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The adverse impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is being disproportionately borne by women, further … responsibilities, women have been disproportionately affected by the secondary impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Women … enduring Coronavirus (COVID-19) disproportionately worse than men, both in household and firm settings and they take on the …
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resource sector into better opportunities and services for PNG's largely poor and rural populations. The Coronavirus (COVID-19 … socioeconomic implications of the coronavirus pandemic for Papua New Guinea. Data is needed to inform the policy response to the … coronavirus crisis. To monitor and assess the socio-economic impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Papua New Guinea, five rounds of …
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