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In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital … services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic … production function is the analytical starting point for our interdependent analysis of output, use of telecommunications and …
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It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality … telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of … offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development. …
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This paper presents a novel method for estimating the likely welfare effects of competition reforms for both current and new consumers. Using household budget survey data for 2015/16 for Ethiopia and assuming a reform scenario that dilutes the market share of the state-owned monopoly to 45...
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The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that...
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but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … non-employment. In Africa, there is a decline in paid employment which overwhelms the rise in self-employment and this is … ; dynamics ; Africa ; Asia ; Latin America …
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Primary school enrolment rates are very low in francophone Africa. In order to enhance education supply, many countries …
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by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall … European ex-colonial powers. -- Skilled migration ; Africa ; colonization ; networks ; economic reasons …
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Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a … confidently offered. -- labor market ; health care ; Africa …
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Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to … productive entrepreneurship and private sector employment in Africa. -- credit constraints ; productive entrepreneurship …
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