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Foreign direct investment spillovers, absorptive capacities and human capital development : evidence from Argentina

Narula, Rajneesh; Marin, Anabel - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2005

Queries whether developing countries really benefit in terms of technology by attracting multinational enterprises through tax advantages and other benefits. Finds, in the case of Argentina, that a significant technology spillover does not occur automatically, but would require domestic...

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Child labour, school attendance and academic performance : a review

Orazem, Peter F; Gunnarsson, Victoria - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003

Explores methods for estimating the impact of child labour on student learning. Considers various measures of child labour and school performance and examines issues in sample design. Demonstrates the type of results that can be obtained with two multi-country data sets and makes suggestions for...

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya : the key countries of employment

Birks, J. S; Sinclair, C. A - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1979

expansion, and considers internal development of human capital to fulfill further requirements. Bibliography pp. 83 to 86 …

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Contribution of human capital to economic development: some selected issues.

JR, Behrman - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1994

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Role of the informal sector in coping with economic crisis in Thailand and Zambia

Finnegan, Gerry; Singh, Andrea - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004

strategies and coping mechanisms. Identifies types of capital available to them and investigates support available from inside …

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Human capital on the Nile : development and emigration in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Sudan

Birks, J. S; Sinclair, C. A - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1978

in Egypt and Sudan - includes general information on economic conditions, human capital, population, employment and …

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HIV epidemic and other crisis response in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cohen, Desmond - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Outlines the scale of the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and shows how the epidemic should be seen as a structural phenomenon which affects all aspects of development in the region. Examines the interconnections between armed conflicts and other crises and the HIV epidemic and reviews the...

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Political economy of investment in human capital.

I, Adelman; JM, Hihn - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1981

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on economic theory of human capital investment - uses catastrophe theory (mathematical …

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General equilibrium basic needs policy model, (updating part).

A, Kouwenaar - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985

participation, labour supply, wages, income distribution, profit rates, capital ownership, etc.; examines nutrition, education and …

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Multinational enterprises, transfer of managerial know-how, technology choice and employment effects: a case study of Kenya.

I, Gershenberg - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

management development for local managers, who exercise appreciable decision making autonomy over capital and technology which …

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