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Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption : The Developing World Experience
Lechman, Ewa (ed.); Marszk, Adam (ed.) - 2017
market of disadvantaged societal groups. After almost two decades of rapid diffusion of ICT in developing world, this book …. Identifying the channels of impact -- 2 The impact of ICTs on women’s economic empowerment -- 3 Big Data Analytics for ICT … Monitoring and Development -- 4 The role of ICT adoption in curbing corruption in developing countries -- 5 Internet, educational …
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Social Welfare Functions and Development : Measurement and Policy Applications
Kakwani, Nanak - 2016
Nanak Kakwani and Hyu Hwa Son make use of social welfare functions to derive indicators of development relevant to specific social objectives, such as poverty- and inequality-reduction. Arguing that the measurement of development cannot be value-free, the authors assert that if indicators of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397891
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Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies
Tridico, Pasquale - 2011
This book analyses the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republics that have experienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines economic growth, institutional change and...
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Human Capital and Development : The Indian Experience
Siddharthan, Natteri - 2013 - 2nd ed. 2013
Human Capital and Development: Introduction -- Human Capital, Labour Productivity and Employment -- Impact of Human Capital on Manufacturing Productivity Growth in India -- Informality, Vulnerability and Development -- Labour and Energy Intensity: A Study of Pulp & Paper Industries in India --...
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Economic Growth in Developing Countries : Structural Transformation, Manufacturing and Transport Infrastructure
Lakhera, Mohan L. - 2016
Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how...
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The Three Regularities in Development : Growth, Jobs and Macro Policy in Developing Countries
Mahmood, Moazam - 2018
The financial crisis in advanced economies and its impact on developing countries has put the longer term agenda of development - structural transformation of countries, of their growth, jobs, poverty and distribution - on the analytic and policy backburner. Day to day management of macro...
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2017
Acs, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László; Lloyd, Ainsley - 2017
This brief presents a detailed look at the entrepreneurial ecosystem of nations around the wold by combining individual data with institutional components. Presenting data from the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of entrepreneurial...
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2016
Acs, Zoltan; Szerb, László; Autio, Erkko - 2017
This brief captures the contextual features of entrepreneurship by measuring entrepreneurial attitudes, abilities, and aspirations at both the individual- and country-level. Featuring data from the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures the quality and scale of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397482
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2014
Acs, Zoltán J. - 2015
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 National Systems of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 3 Institutions, Incentives, and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 4 The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index -- Chapter 5 Methodology and Data Description -- Appendices.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019100
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Developmental State Building : The Politics of Emerging Economies
Takagi, Yusuke (ed.); Kanchoochat, Veerayooth (ed.);  … - 2019
This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in the context of structural transformation. In other words, there is a revived interest in the...
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