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Innovation and Growth: Role of the Financial Sector
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2008
to innovation and growth. Finally, an outline of the role of monetary policy in sustaining growth and innovations by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341753
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Making and Unmaking Poverty: Social Science, Social Programmes, and Poverty Reduction in India and Elsewhere
Krishna, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2006
How does growth actually trickle down to remove an individual’s poverty? Is it through increases in employment? What other avenues did the benefits of growth travel through before reaching and helping poor people in this country? How do people become poor in the first place? What pathways...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528247
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A Capable State in Afghanistan: A Building Without a Foundation?
Weijer, Frauke de - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945374
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Escaping Chronic Poverty Through Economic Growth
eSocialSciences; Chronic Poverty Research Centre CPRC - 2010
The paper discusses the participation of poor participate in growth, and how different forms of growth connect to poverty. Also the paper discusses important policy levers, in relation to agriculture, urbanization, social protection and fiscal reform
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008594114
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Laws and Son Preference in India- A Reality Check
Singh, Kirti - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study underscores the need to connect the dots if the practice of son preference and its manifestation, discrimination against daughters, is to be addressed. Clearly, it is not only about implementing the PCPNDT Act but also the various laws that can indeed play a central role in moulding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945316
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Evolving Structural Patterns in the Enlarging European Division of Labour: Sectoral and Branch Specialisation and the Potentials for Closing the Productivity Gap
Stephan, Dr Johannes - eSocialSciences - 2008
Within the past decade, national levels of labour productivity in CEECs have converged significantly towards the levels predominant in the EU. Yet, levels are still significantly lower, large gaps are still prevalent. Needless to say, levels within the EU also differ greatly; comparisons with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341787
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Does the HIPC Initiative Achieve its Goal of Debt Sustainability?
Gunter, Bernhard G. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines the question if the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative provides a good basis for the HIPCs to exit from repeated debt rescheduling. Building on other reviews of the HIPC Initiative, the paper begins with a short summary of some key problems of the HIPC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008739757
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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 entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323949
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Dynamics Of Rice Economy In India: Emerging Scenario And Policy Options
Barah B.C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
Most of 726 million rural populations in India is dependent on agriculture. Rice is the staple food of nearly 65% of the total population in India. The production of rough rice reached 135 million tonnes (89 million tonnes of clean rice) in the TE 2002 from 32.3 million tonnes (20 million tonnes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699167
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China's Pharmaceutical Industry: Typologies and Characteristics
Zhang, Hayan - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper uses aggregate and firm level data to examine the characteristics of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry in general and its geographical agglomeration in particular. It addresses the following research questions: 1) Are there geographical agglomerations in China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341674