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This paper aims to revisit the pace and patterns of structural change in Morocco with a renewed perspective focusing on …
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effect of the conflict on entrepreneurship is very small. The results on the control variables suggest that (i) the … generation of entrepreneurship has seen conflict and instability for a whole life,( ii) a small business is a mean of surviving … a priority for internationally supported reconstruction. -- entrepreneurship ; conflict ; Afghanistan ; national risk …
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; entrepreneurship ; private sector ; natural resources ; multinational companies …
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This paper, using a new set of social development indices, explores the measurement of social development across Africa, and how this relates to broader development patterns and measurement. Development practitioners worldwide increasingly recognize the importance of informal institutions, such...
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Oil was discovered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) just 50 years ago. During that time, UAE has been able to transform itself into a rapidly modernizing country, which is fast becoming a major economic hub and a key player on the international economic landscape. This paper discusses a number...
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This paper aims towards better understanding the role of entrepreneurship in fragile states, which despite the … formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of entrepreneurship and the business environment, the primary focus in this … entrepreneurship in fragile state. -- entrepreneurship ; development ; fragile states ; institutions ; business ; environment …
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International migration analysis often focuses on mass migration rather than on the international mobility of elites, which is the focus of this paper. The paper offers a three-fold classification of elites: (a) knowledge elites, (b) entrepreneurial elites and (c) political elites. We explore...
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determined. Finally, the paper underlines the way in which these features of business and politics strengthen elite families in …
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An elite derives its status from its relationship to property, whether physical or human capital. While stable property … have a positive impact on economic development when a country's elite can manage them. To support this generalization we … examine the managerial capacity associated with elite status, highlighting which capabilities enable them to control changes …
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What makes elites developmental instead of predatory? We argue that Mozambique's elite was developmental at … development in Latin America, or Volkskapitalisme in apartheid South Africa. But Mozambique's elite has also returned to two other … traditions - that development is done by the elite and by foreigners. There is little support for development of local SMEs and …
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