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regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social … key gaps identified in the tourism impact assessment literature. First, a destination-specific tourism demand and value … representative household configuration to enable more robust analysis of tourism investment impacts on poverty and income inequality …
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With the growing importance of FDI among developing countries, a number of research studies have been conducted for … in South Asia, there is great potential for Pakistan to attract FDI from India. In this context, the paper identifies … sectors in Pakistan that hold potential for investment. While the removal of restrictions on FDI flows has opened up new …
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Multinational production has become increasingly important in recent decades. Countries resort to different industrial policies to influence the geography of this production. In this paper, we focus on a ubiquitous “soft” industrial policy that aims at reducing information barriers -...
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Sustainability has become an imperative. Understanding the effects of countries' policies thereon has therefore acquired vital importance. This is particularly the case with ubiquitous policies such as investment promotion. In this paper, we address this timely policy question from an...
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tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local … investment and employment, as tourism activities are labor intensive. Little evidence is available, however, to assess the effect … introduced in 2002 to develop the tourism industry in the undeveloped region of Northeast Brazil. It provides evidence that …
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