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The Long-Run Weight of Communism or the Weight of Long-Run History?

Roland, Gerald - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This study provides evidence that culture understood as values and beliefs moves very slowly. Despite massive … that culture is affected by the long run historical past, in particular the participation in empires for over 100 years …

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The International Mobility of Cultural Talent

Addison, Tony - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Policies towards Horizontal Inequalities in Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Stewart, Frances - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Turning Points in Development Thinking and Practice

Emmerij, Louis - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Mobilizing Talent for Global Development

Solimano, Andres - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

Talent (combining creativity, education, skills, and knowledge) is associated with human capital and provides a very valuable economic resource. In the past, the emigration of human capital from developing countries raised fears because of the associated 'brain drain'. This is still a valid...

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The Role of Training in Fostering Cluster-Based Micro and Small Enterprises Development

Sonobe, Tetsushi; Otsuka, Keijiro - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

While it has been increasingly recognized that efficient management holds the key to the development of micro and small enterprises in developing countries, we know very little about the managerial capacity of business owners and managers in these countri

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Entrepreneurship, Stages of Development, and Industrialization

Acs, Zoltan J.; Wim Naudï¿½ - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...

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Entrepreneurship and violent conflict in developing countries

Bruck, Tilman; Naude, Wim; Verwimp, Philip - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

entrepreneurship. These are the special issue of the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2011) and the special issue of the …

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The Economic Legacy of Civil War: Firm Level Evidence from Sierra Leone

Collier, Paul; Duponche, Marguerite - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This paper positions itself among the very rare microeconomic analyses on the consequences of civil war. Up to now, most analyses on this topic are based upon household surveys. The originality of the present study is that it investigates for the first time the likely predominant route by which...

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Entrepreneurship and Human Development: A Capability Approach

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

We provide a formal model of entrepreneurship in human development. The framework is provided by the capabilities … approach (CA). Hence we extend not only the conceptualisation of entrepreneurship in development, but the reach of the CA into … entrepreneurship. From a CA view, entrepreneurship is not only a production factor, or a means to an end, as is often taken to be the …

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