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Unraveling a Secret : Vietnam's Outstanding Performance on the PISA Test

Parandekar, Suhas D.; Sedmik, Elisabeth K. - 2016

This paper seeks to find an empirical explanation of Vietnam's outstanding performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012. Only a few developing countries participate in the assessment. Those who do, with the unique exception of Vietnam, are typically clustered...

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Economic Upgrading through Global Value Chain Participation : Which Policies Increase the Value Added Gains?

Kummritz, Victor; Taglioni, Daria; Winkler, Deborah - 2017

The emergence of global value chains has opened up new ways to achieve development and industrialization. However, new evidence shows that not all countries have gained from participating in global value chains, and that country-specific characteristics matter for economic upgrading in global...

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Are There More Female Managers in the Retail Sector? Evidence from Survey Data in Developing Countries

Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - 2014

This paper uses firm-level data for 87 developing countries to analyze how the likelihood of a firm having female vs. male top manager varies across sectors. The service sector is often considered to be more favorable toward women compared with men vis-à-vis the manufacturing sector. Although...

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Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and ... Urban Push?

Christiaensen, Luc J.; Gindelsky, Marina; Jedwab, Remi - 2015

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural-urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrialization and urban-biased policies). Using new...

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Reducing Agricultural Tariffs versus Domestic Support : What's More Important for Developing Countries?

Hoekman, Bernard M.; Ng, Francis; Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2003

High levels of protection and domestic support for farmers in industrial countries significantly affect many developing countries, both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs--in both rich and poor countries--and domestic support may also...

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Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries

Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2014

particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the concept of "entrepreneurship" is critically discussed …

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Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance : Microeconomic Evidence from Advanced and Developing Countries

Vivarelli, Marco - 2013

The aim of this study is to provide a microeconomic investigation of the concept of entrepreneurship; in particular, it … discusses the following issues: 1) the alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing "creative destruction … (of the new firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on …

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Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment : What Works?

Buvinić, Mayra; Furst-Nichols, Rebecca - 2014

A review of rigorous evaluations of interventions that seek to empower women economically shows that the same class of interventions has significantly different outcomes depending on the client. Capital alone, as a small cash loan or grant, is not sufficient to grow women-owned subsistence-level...

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