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peer groups such as China. The empirical literature on the location of EFDI indicate that countries with relatively low …-cost (quality) labour, good infrastructure, availability of raw materials, size of the free trade zones and outward looking policy …
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This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a …
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As we celebrate 60 years of political independence and take pride in our dynamic private sector, our remarkable IT successes and all the other usual dimensions of success, let us remind ourselves that a great deal remains to be done to improve the foundations of India’s human resources...
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The purpose of this study to help shed light on the entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprise growth in Wenzhou. The study is done by relying on a probabilistic firm survey that we carried out in Wenzhou in early 2006 for three industries: shoes, eyeglasses and general equipment. Not a...
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dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia. In fact, over the …
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This paper compares and contrasts the performance of India and China in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI …). Both economies are large emerging markets that had rather similar profiles in 1978. Today, China ranks number one as the … for a number of reasons. These include a high tariff regime, poor infrastructure (power, ports, roads and railways), a …
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This study assessed the sources and levels of infrastructure financing in the Philippines for the last five years (2008 …
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that infrastructure like roads, irrigation, electricity aid in growth and so do quality of human capital. Hence …, investments targeting higher quality of infrastructure, both physical and human and efficient water management will aid in …
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This paper investigates the determinants of spatial concentration and entry within manufacturing across states in India. Using an unbalanced panel of 180 industries spread across 16 major Indian states over the time period 1985-2007, the effect of location (state) characteristics interacted with...
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In spite of several programmes in the country to reduce undernutrition, India continues to have a large number malnourished women and children. In the coming Budget the government has to make some efforts so that the increased expenditure in these programmes reaches the beneficiaries. Efforts...
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