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Diaspora externalities: A view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
externality. This paper reviews the recent economic literature on diaspora networks and development from the perspective of the … global South. It is split into two parts: a first section reviews the effect of diaspora networks on trade, foreign …
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Understanding the boom: Country study - Tanzania
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146474
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Understanding the boom: A framing paper
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
A significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated. This paper takes stock of the sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural...
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The risks to education systems from design mismatch and global isomorphism: Concepts, with examples from India
Pritchett, Lant - 2014
The incredibly low levels of learning and the generally dysfunctional public sector schooling systems in many (though not all) developing countries are the result of a capability trap (Pritchett et al. 2010). Two phenomena reinforce persistent failure of schooling systems to produce adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343229
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Social networks, geographic proximity, and firm performance in Viet Nam
Howard, Emma - 2017
This paper uses panel data to assess the relative importance of social networks and geographic proximity to micro … through social networks, are both correlated with higher value added per worker. The number of government officials and civil … tighter social networks have, on average, higher value added per worker. The analysis of spatial networks reveals that firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688565
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Addis deals: reckoning with the informal governance of urban structural transformation
Robi, Selam - 2024
African cities are increasingly seen as key to unlocking national structural transformation and inclusive growth, as they tend to host the majority of the non-productive and informal labour force; attract the lion's share of domestic investment in non-productive sectors; and host different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577284
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Competition and inclusive regional economic growth in food production: Barriers to entry and the role of African multinational corporations
Bosiu, Teboho; Vilakazi, Thando - 2020
The growth of African multinational companies in Southern and East Africa in recent decades brings with it a great opportunity for development of productive capacity in the region and greater regional integration. This study identifies three emerging multinationals in the region- Trade Kings...
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Barriers to entry and the role of African multinational corporations: Entrants in intermediate industrial products (inputs into construction)
Nsomba, Grace; Vilakazi, Thando - 2021
Effective competition in the Southern and East African regions requires independent rivals competing across borders and within domestic markets through innovation and effort, investment, product quality, and prices. To understand the constraints to more dynamic rivalry between firms within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705341
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Mining spillovers and the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and services
Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2024
This study examines the effects of mining productivity shocks on the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and services. Using firm census data from 2014 for Ghana, we measure the rates of informality along extensive (unregistered firms) and intensive (registered firms hiring labourers 'off...
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Are spatial networks of firms random? Evidence from Vietnam
Howard, Emma; Newman, Carol; Thijssen, Jacco - 2011
manufacturing firms by identifying patterns of spatial network formation that deviate from randomly generated networks. Using firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319855