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This study investigates the relationship between religious beliefs and agricultural growth in Africa. Empirical analyses are undertaken using panel data of a representative sample of 26 countries, covering the period 1970-2000. The countries analyzed were classified into three groups; countries...
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Although American business leaders do not like protectionism, more and more of them are concluding that too many countries are stacking the deck against American competitors. The severe recession of 1980-83 and its lingering effects in certain regions and business sectors; unemployment stuck at...
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Mexico and Chile. These two countries enable one to contrast the different routes taken by the same type of firm, technology …, railway technology had a positive impact on human capital training in the cases studied. During the period when railways were … modern technology and it was not until well into the 20th century that a formal system of technical schools was established …
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India's diversified and sophisticated manufacturing base contrasts strongly with the near complete absence of visible innovative capabilities. This article examines the Indian "National System of Innovation" in order to address the question of the evident distinction between the ability to make...
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should be given to liberalization of investment flows, higher technology cooperation, and cooperation in areas of education …
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bringing into being the type of workforce that is required to make use of leading-edge technology. On the other hand …, industrial development in the modern economy depends critically on human development, precisely because of modern technology … workforce with the high levels of education and skills required to make modern technology effective - instead of passing through …
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technology and demand factors. The linked worker-plant data are produced by matching workers in the Employment Statistics … technology on skill demand we introduce plant level technology indicators from the R&D Survey and a Manufacturing Technology …
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The paper discuses most current issues on technology implementation dynamics observed across nations, as well as it … focuses on the problem of suppose technology convergence (or divergence) among nations. The author implements and verifies the …
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In this paper, all technology transfers are embodied in trade flows within a three-region, six-tradedcommodity version … productivity elsewhere. Why? Destination regions’ ability to harness new technology depends on their absorptive capacity and on the …’s success in capturing foreign technology. Sectors, intensive in heavy manufacturing, register higher productivity growth. Inter …
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the changed role of urban spaces and the interaction between cultural activity and new technology. This paper is based on …
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