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Does Tourism Contribute to Local Livelihoods? A Case Study of Tourism, Poverty and Conservation in the Indian Sundarbans
Guha, Indrila; Ghosh, Santadas - eSocialSciences - 2008
This study examines the contribution of tourism towards improving the livelihoods of local people in a remote island …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699156
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Offshoring and Unemployment: The Role of Search Frictions and Labor Minority
Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - eSocialSciences - 2009
In this paper, in order to study the impact of offshoring on sectoral and economy wide rates of unemployment, we … increases and sectoral unemployment decreases upon offshoring in the presence of perfect intersectoral labor mobility. If, as a … unemployment. With imperfect intersectoral labor mobility, unemployment in the offshoring sector can rise, with an unambiguous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980022
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International Outsourcing Hurdles in Value-added Services
Banerjee, Arindam - eSocialSciences - 2010
International Outsourcing has been traditionally looked upon as a low end cost effective servicing option to take advantage of the cost arbitrage that exists across countries. Of late, many outsourcing vendors have realized that the advantages of cost differentials that spurred a lot of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008486531
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India-Taiwan: Case for Robust Economic Partnership
Asher, Mukul - eSocialSciences - 2006
develop robust economic partnership with Taiwan, an economy with a GDP of over US$300billion and a per capita income of US $14,000. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323767
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Technical Change, International Competitiveness, and Role of the State: Indian Machine Tool Industry's Experience
Kathuria, Vinish - eSocialSciences - 2009
The production of machine tools has long been associated with industrialisation besides a formidable factor of technical change and international competitiveness. This potent role of machine tool industry was amply recognised by several countries. As a consequence, they framed policies to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964281
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Telecommunications privatisation in Taiwan: A beautiful mistake?
Cheng, Kuo-Tai - eSocialSciences - 2006
1996 in Taiwan. It also explores changes in the institutional framework for regulatory governance as a result of the new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487766
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More than Money: Impact Investing for Development
Simon, John; Barmeler, Julia - eSocialSciences - 2010
capital flows to take the place of development assistance. The renowned development success stories—Taiwan, South Korea …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008763396
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Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 in Rural India
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Rural Development GOI - 2013
This booklet explains the SECC,2011, as it relates to rural India, and details the entire process in simple language. [Ministry of Rural Development]. URL:[http://rural.nic.in/sites/downloads/general/Caste_Census_book_indd.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945221
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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?
Parel, Danileen Kristel C - eSocialSciences - 2014
The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are benefitting from economic development. Using regression analysis, five factors were examined (1) location of the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945338
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Historical Sources of Institutional Trajectories in Economic Development: China, Japan, and Korea Compared
Aoki, Masahiko - eSocialSciences - 2013
This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of East Asian economies as peasant-based economies in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945431