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Disentangling the pattern of geographic concentration in Tunisian manufacturing industries
Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
In this paper, we examine the pattern of spatial concentration of manufacturing industries observed in Tunisia and explore the factors driving firms. choices of location at the provincial level. We consider specialization and competition indicators as the
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A unified structural equation modelling approach for the decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health
Kessels, Roselinde; Erreygers, Guido - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2015
We present a unified structural equation modelling framework for the regression-based decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health and compare it with a simple ordinary least squares regression. The structural equation
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The Efficiency of States and Cities: Is There a Case for Public Land Leasing and Sales to Finance India.s Cities?
Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
fragmented in India.s cities between the urban development authorities, which are state agencies, and the cities. To determine …
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Long-term Effects of Land Reform on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from West Bengal
Deininger, Klaus; Yadav, Vandana - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
We use data on inter-generational gains in educational attainment by some 500,000 individuals in 200 West Bengal villages to explore gender-differentiated impacts of land reform on human capital accumulation at the individual level. While there are significant gains (of about 0.3 years for...
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China and India: Country Role Models of Development Success?
Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
The paper discusses views on China and India as country role models. In so doing the article recounts the economic and …
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Pro-poor Service Delivery and Social Identity: An Experimental Investigation
Mueller, Ulrike - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
India addressed the requirement for pro-poor service delivery in rural regions by introducing decentralization and …
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Indian Economic Growth: Lessons for the Emerging Economies
Chakraborty, Suparna - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
that the primary conduit of policies that brought about significant growth in India was productivity that registered an … demand. In addition, we examine the effective tax rates in India and find that while investment taxes barely fluctuated …
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E-business and Export Behaviour: Evidence from Indian Firms
Lal, K. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
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The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement: A Comparative Study of China and India
Li, Xuan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
regimes. It is found that relative to India, which had implemented process patent until 2005, China with a product patent …
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The Public Distribution Systems of Foodgrains and Implications for Food Security: A Comparison of the Experiences of India and China
Zhou, Zhangyue; Wan, Guanghua - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006
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