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Are Fair Trade Labels Effective Against Child Labor?
Baland, Jean Marie; Duprez, Cedric - eSocialSciences - 2008
child labour in the export production of the South. [WP no 144]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170201
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The Effect of Direct Foreign Investment on Domestic Firms: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data in Emerging Economies
Konings, Jozef - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper uses firm level panel data to investigate empirically the effects of direct foreign investment (DFI) on the productivity performance of domestic firms in three emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland. To this end a unique firm level panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458161
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On Learning, Innovation and Competence Building in India’s SMEs: Challenges Ahead
Das, Keshab; Joseph, K.J. - eSocialSciences - 2011
behind in terms of employment generation and also exports. Elaborate institutional arrangements for the financing of SME …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386042
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Strategies for the People’s Republic of China’s Small and Medium Enterprise Development within the National Innovation System
Yang, Tracy; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Kanamori, Toshiki - eSocialSciences - 2010
With deregulation and globalization, and the impact of these developments on economies worldwide, it has become … play a signicant role in terms of any further reforms of the PRC's national innovation system, which in turn could spur … continued growth. It highlights how issues such as innovation, research and development, and strategic clustering in influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764251
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Does Timing of Elections Instigate Riots? A Subnational Study of 16 Indian States, 1958-2004
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - eSocialSciences - 2009
Whether timing of the elections leads to riots or not within India. In other words, does timing of elections instigate riots? Using time series crosssectional data for 16 major Indian states for the period 1958 – 2004, it is found that scheduled elections are associated with increase in riots
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341745
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
sources is used. The index is composed of four variables: government revenues, foreign currency reserves, export of goods and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009390659
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The Rise of Obesity in Transition Economies: Theory and Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
Huffman, Sonya K; Rizov, Marian - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study integrates theoretical and empirical models to facilitate understanding of human obesity and the factors contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515133
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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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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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Economic Policies and Agricultural Incentives: The Philippine Case
David, Cristina C. - eSocialSciences - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of economic policies on Philippine agricultural incentives from 1960 up to 1992. Apart from economic policies affecting price incentives, cover public expenditures for agricultural support services which influence agricultural incentives by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945372