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Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis
McKelvey, Christopher; Thomas, Duncan; Frankenberg, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
effort to reduce global fertility and increase investment per child worldwide. The importance for fertility behaviors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319330
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011
How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses these questions and explains the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323949
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Determinants of Fixed Investment:A Study of Indian Private Corporate Manufacturing Sector
Nair, V.R. Prabhakaran - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper analyses the determinants of fixed investment in the Indian Private Corporate Manufacturing sector for the … determining the investment behaviour in developing countries rather than the traditional factors like output and profit. Against … whether the traditional factors or the economic policy variables plays a major role in determining investment behaviour. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727224
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Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Infrastructure
Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2010
The main issues surrounding this concern and provides a range of policy, regulatory, and institutional measures that could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522013
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Report on National Mineral Policy
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2007
Even after five years of after the liberalisation of the investment regime India has failed to attract FDI to come to … policies to attract global investment. In a study conducted in 2001 by the World Bank, ‘Mining Sector reforms and Investmentâ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170138
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The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Information and Communication Technologies
Rao, C Niranjan - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper starts by recapitulating the basic arguments provided by economic theory to explain the existence of the patent system. The paper then concentrates on the three important ICT industries viz., telecommunication equipment, computer hardware and semiconductor industries. The issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487573
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Behavior of Remittance Inflows and its Determinants in Bangladesh
Begum, Mst. Nurnaher; Sutradhar, Rama Rani - eSocialSciences - 2012
The paper examines the determinants of remittance inflow by applying ordinary least square method (OLS). The model include the weighted average GDP of the six (Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malaysia, Kuwait, USA and UK) remittance sending host countries which contributed more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010567987
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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399611
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Graduating to Globalisation: A Study of Southern Multinationals
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila; Demirbas, Dilek - eSocialSciences - 2010
productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522009
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Trade Liberalization and Industrial Productivity: An Assessment of Developing Country Experiences
Das, Deb Kusum - eSocialSciences - 2007
The relationship between trade liberalization and industrial productivity in developing countries, drawing upon a large … trade liberalization, the paper reviews the relationship between trade liberalization and industrial productivity at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528123