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Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Research Institutions : Fostering Knowledge Linkages and Transferring Technology in Malaysia
World Bank Group - 2020
led growth model,research and development (R and D) resources and expenditures in Malaysia grew over the years as did …
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Technology within and across firms
Cirera, Xavier; Comin, Diego; Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da - 2020
This study collects data on the sophistication of technologies used at the business function level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceara. The analysis finds a large variance in technology sophistication across the business functions of a firm....
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Invention and Global Diffusion of Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation : A Patent Analysis
Dechezlepretre, Antoine - 2020
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2017
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
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Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development
Pigato, Miria - 2020
Technological revolutions have increased the world's wealth to a level that was once unimaginable. They have done so …
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Stages of development of payment systems : leapfrogging across countries and MENA's place in the world
Gévaudan, Clément; Lederman, Daniel - 2020
This paper studies the relationship between the level of economic development and the incidence of three forms of payments across countries, namely the incidence of bank accounts, digital payments, and mobile money accounts among the adult populations across countries. It presents simple...
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The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction
Kabanda, Patrick - 2016
. Comprehensive research efforts would be needed for these ideas to make meaningful contributions to cultural trade and development …
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Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research : A Decade of Development
Blom, Andreas - 2015 - Online-Ausg.
This book analyzes Africa's current performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) research, as well … as future trends. It looks at Africa's research performance over a decade, what it means for the continent's development … focuses on research output and citation impact, important indicators of the strength of a region's research enterprise. These …
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Innovation in Electronic Payment Adoption : The Case of Small Retailers
World Bank Group - 2016
This report aims to deepen the understanding of barriers to and incentives for the acceptance and use of electronic payments, from the perspective of micro, small and medium retailers (merchants). Developing and accelerating acceptance of electronic payments by these merchants is essential to...
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The Politics of NDC Pension Scheme Diffusion : Constraints and Drivers
Guardiancich, Igor - 2019
Nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) schemes offer governments desirable properties in terms of efficiency, fairness, and financial sustainability and an opportunity to deflect the blame for pension cuts. Yet adoptions of NDC schemes largely ground to a halt and several countries retreated...
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