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Purpose – Like many countries in the developing world, Ethiopia has leased out a huge amount of land to foreign investors. However, empirical evidence on the contribution of international investments to employment generation and food security is limited. The purpose of this paper is to examine...
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Cultural aspects play an important role in technology transfer. Some member economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have recently conducted joint venture studies with a common theme that cultural aspects are of crucial significance for both the suppliers and recipients of...
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Nigeria. The study identifies performance factors of a firm that has received hardly any external support and, as a result …
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-reported shocks to income across households and real consumption expenditure in Nigeria – a poor, risk-prone country – considering …
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Nigeria. The study identifies performance factors of a firm that has received hardly any external support and, as a result …
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Argues the importance of foreign aid for industrial development programmes in Africa. Suggests desirable management and … administrative objectives and outcomes of foreign aid for industrial development in terms of discussion of the strategic adaptation … to foreign aid culture and “tame” industrial development base in Africa. Argues that African countries should make …
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. This may be an impediment to Kenya's development. Design/methodology/approach – First relevant economic literature is …
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The legacy of the last 50 years of development economics is not very inspiring. In the 1960s and 1970s, instead of … looking at the real causes and viable solutions to poverty and underdevelopment, development economics was preoccupied with … specific policies of development. These countries skillfully combined government interventionism with market system incentives …
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Micro-finance institutions are critical to Africa's quest for solutions to the continent's development challenge. The …, two of the major Millennium Development Goals. The paper concludes with some policy recommendations and a set of “best …
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international development goals and targets set by the United Nations, UN Millennium Development Goals and the Agenda for Action of … the 2nd Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Africa's recent economic performance is a reflection of the …
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