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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]. …
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Coping with Rising Food Prices: Policy Dilemmas in the Developing World
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2009
poor households lacking access to social safety nets. Alternatively, governments can use food subsidies or export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479134
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Trends in Anti-dumping: First Decade of WTO
Satapathy, C. - eSocialSciences - 2005
There has been a significant decline in anti dumping initiations. This is a welcome trend as there is scant support in economic literature for anti-dumping action. The trend might well indicate the effectiveness of WTO’s dispute settlement machinery in recent years. WTO has ruled against...
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The Difficulties of the Chinese and Indian Exchange Rate Regimes
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2009
China and India have both attempted distorting the exchange rate in order to foster exports-led growth. This is …, in order to foster export-led growth. The costs and benefits of this approach need to factor in the extent to which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543130
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An Open Services Regime Recipe for Jobless Growth?
Karmakar, Suparna - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper reviews India’s experience to understand how services sector liberalisation can generate (welfare) gains for developing countries, in particular vis-à-vis its employment generation potential. The analysis has been based on India’s experience of an increasingly open service sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699117
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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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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 …
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Start With a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
Levine, Ruth; Temin, Miriam - eSocialSciences - 2009
Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions. This report describes the most prevalent and serious...
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Shocks, Economic Growth and the Indian Economy
Kar, Sabyasachi; Bhattacharya, B B - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of domestic and external shocks on the Indian economy. A macro-modelling framework is developed that evaluates the impact of two domestic shocks (rainfall shortfall and fiscal profligacy) and three external shocks (oil price hike, world trade shock and capital flow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319321
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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Spillover: An Evaluation Across Different Clusters in India
Dua, Pami; Goldar, B N; Behera, Smruti Ranjan - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper attempts to explore the technology spillover effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indian manufacturing industries across different selected clusters in India. To measure the spillover effect to domestic firms in a particular cluster, a model is used that combines an innovative...
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