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Labor market reform and poverty – the role of informal sector
Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal; Maiti, Dibyendu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Recent papers, discussing the impact of economic reform in India, argue that the positive effect of reform is more significant in states, which are not ‘labor friendly’. Also labor market reforms seem to be a pre-condition for success of liberal policies as far as their impact on poverty is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599105
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Maroc éducation et emploi une analyse théorique
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, we consider a theoritical model helping to provide a new insights into the functioning of moroccan labor market. The model examines the impact of imperfect competition among firms with access to specific technologies on the emergence of the new modern economy.The The emergence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114041
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Resource-based reluctance, reversed asymmetry, and non-trade integration incentives: theory and evidence from European neighbourhood
Franke, Anja; Gawrich, Andrea; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
Among ENP countries, Azerbaijan is outstanding because it leans on its resource base and sees the EU at the receiving end of bilateral relations. At the other extreme, Ukraine depends on EU cooperation, especially with respect to trade. We develop a comprehensive theoretical concept for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265255
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Regulation, enforcement and informality: an analysis based on selected countries
Roychowdhury, Punarjit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
interaction between governance and regulation. Thus, it is established that the quality of governance and the institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211209
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Regulation, governance and informality: an empirical analysis of selected countries
Roychowdhury, Punarjit; Dutta, Mousumi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
regulation has a significant pay off only in the ambit of good governance. More specifically we hypothesise that degree of … intensity of regulation will hardly matter in containing informality; rather what matters is the quality of governance and … 1980 and 2008, we empirically investigate into the linkages between governance, regulation and informal employment by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323213
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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: focus on western Mindanao, Philippines
Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The study argues for the integration of good governance principles in developing financially viable, effective and … outcomes. On the whole, the application of good governance will improve program design and will make the implementation … integration of good governance into microcredit intends to improve its program design, implementation strategies and processes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401358
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Institutions and Economic Performance: Cross-Country Tests Using Alternative Institutional Indicators
Knack, Stephen; Keefer, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
This paper compares more direct measures of the institutional environment with both the instability proxies used by Barro (1991) and the Gastil indices, by comparing their effects both on growth and private investment. The results provide substantial support for the position that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530718
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Governance and growth: measurement and evidence
Knack, Stephen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This paper describes the gradual accumulation of indicators and evidence of the links between governance and growth …, focusing on broad cross-country analyses. While each governance indicator developed thus far is in some way imperfect, the … point in the same direction: good governance is crucial for growth. Unfortunately, while current indicators are getting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788805
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Contract Intensive Money
Clague, Christopher; Keefer, Philip; Knack, Stephen; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
This paper makes two contributions to the literature. First, it introduces a new, easily accessed and objective measure of the enforceability of contracts and the security of property rights. Second, it uses this measure to provide additional and more direct evidence about the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685502
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Fighting African Conflicts and Crimes: Which Governance Tools Matter?
Simplice A, Asongu; Oasis, Kodila-Tedika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110834