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The practice of industrial policy: Lessons for Africa: Co-ordination through an Asian lens

Lin, Justin Yifu; Vu, Khuong Minh - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

African countries are facing great opportunities but also formidable challenges in accelerating economic growth and sustaining a high level of economic performance. The experiences of East Asian countries may offer valuable insights for African leaders an

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New Light on China's Rural Elites

Gustafsson, Bjorn; Sai, Ding - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This paper analyses political elites, economic elites, hybrid elite households and non-elite households in rural China using household data for 1995 and 2002. We seek to understand the determinants of belonging to each of the three elite categories. We find that education and military experience...

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Liberalized Trade Policy and Inequality : Evidence from Post-Multi-Fibre Arrangement India and Some Theoretical Issues

Kar, Saibal; Kar, Mausumi - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2015

The phased elimination of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement has been one of the most compelling trade policy reforms of the early twenty-first century, and has brought in significant changes in the industrial structures of the countries of the global south. The textile and clothing industry is 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 the National System of Innovation: What is Missing in Turkey?

Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis …

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Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect

Nijkamp, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship...

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The Development of Small Entrepreneurship in Russia

Radaev, Vadim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001

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Early International Entrepreneurship in China: Extent and Determinants

Naude, Wim; Rossouw, Stephanie - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

shareholders within the firm and an entrepreneur with previous exporting experience are noted to significantly increase the …, it is noted to delay the internationalization process of indigenous firms. Also, for an indigenous firm, the greater the … foreign experience of its entrepreneur, the less likely it is to start exporting early. …

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Explaining the Migration of Stocks from Exchanges in Emerging Economies to International Centres

Claessens, Stijn; Kingebiel, Daniela; Schmukler, Sergio L. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Linking Globalization to Poverty in Asia, Latin America and Africa

Nissanke, Machiko; Thorbecke, Erik - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Despite the enormous potential of globalization in accelerating economic growth through greater integration into the … world economy the impact of globalization on poverty reduction has been uneven. Asia has been the major beneficiary of … globalization where high growth rates and its labor-intensive pattern contributed to a spectacular reduction in poverty. In contrast …

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