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It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the...
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and middle-income countries-India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Paraguay. The authors describe two methods-testing doctors and …
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surveys in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Mexico, along with special surveys from India and Tonga, show similar …
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Economic theory suggests that countries should ignore uncertainty for public investment and behave as if indifferent to risk because they can pool risks to a much greater extent than private investors can. This paper discusses the general economic theory in the case of developing countries. The...
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expenditures, as in China and India, the impact was magnified. Increases in recurrent expenditure, which were made in Brazil and … India, acted as short-term stimulants; additional public investment, as in China, appears to have had a more lasting impact … integration, resulting in differential magnitude and timing of the crisis impact. For example, coastal states in India were …
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Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan …
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reliable electricity service) and have had a chance to become familiar with both computer use and the Internet. …
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years old or younger. The analysis finds consistent evidence when it looks within a large country, India, based on detailed …
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If the Internet made it easier for firms to enter new markets by reducing communication and search costs, then it may … also have made it easier to export goods and services. The authors find that higher Internet penetration in developing … exports from industrial countries. Interpreting the correlations is difficult because causation may run from Internet use to …
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Electrifying the transportation sector is key to reaching the goal of carbon neutrality. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the diffusion of passenger electric vehicles based on detailed data on model-level electrical vehicle sales across the world from 2013 to 2020. The analysis...
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