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Cotton, Biotechnology, and Economic Development
Baffes, John - 2017
toward the end of 2010). Yet, between 2000-04 and 2005-09 world cotton production increased 13 percent. This paper … conjectures that biotechnology-induced productivity improvements increased supplies by China and India, which, in addition to … biotechnology. By contrast, with a single exception, Africa has not adopted biotechnology and, not coincidentally, its cotton output …
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Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
Miguélez, Ernest - 2017
This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of highly-skilled individuals -- that is, inventors -- on international technological collaborations. Using gravity models, it studies the determinants of the internationalization of inventive activity between a group of industrialized...
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Is Increasing Inorganic Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa a Profitable Proposition? Evidence from Nigeria
Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. - 2020
Inorganic fertilizer use across Sub-Saharan Africa is generally considered to be low. Yet, this belief is predicated on the assumption that it is profitable to use rates higher than currently observed. However, there is little rigorous empirical evidence to support this notion. Using a...
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The Effect of Product Standards on Agricultural Exports from Developing Countries
Ferro, Esteban - 2017
The authors create a standards restrictiveness index using newly available data on maximum residue levels of pesticides for 61 importing countries. The paper analyzes the impact that food safety standards have on international trade of agricultural products. The findings suggest that more...
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Biotechnology Innovation for Inclusive Growth : A Study of Indian Policies to Foster Accelerated Technology Adaptation for Affordable Development
Vijayaraghavan, K. - 2017
Innovation Research Initiative and the Biotechnology Industry Partnership Program, which together have allocated more than US$70 …
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Recent and Prospective Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton : A Global Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Economic Impacts
Anderson, Kym - 2016
shown to exceed those from a successful campaign under the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda to reduce and …
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University-Local Industry Linkages : The Case of Tohoku University in the Sendaiarea of Japan
Jiang, Juan - 2016
This paper focuses on Tohoku University in Sendai in the nonmetropolitan area of Japan. Both a long historical and comparative perspective and a spacial perspective are essential to discuss the relevance of university-local industry linkages to local regional economic development. The...
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Universities as Drivers of the Urban Economies in Asia : The Case of Vietnam
Ca, Tran Ngoc - 2016
This study looks at the contribution of the university system in Vietnam to the socioeconomic development in general, and their relationship with firms, dynamic actors of the economy in particular. The study uses different methods of research, from reliance on secondary data to interviews with...
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Exports, University-Industry Linkages, and Innovation Challenges in Bangalore, India
D'Costa, Anthony P. - 2016
The success of the Indian software industry is now internationally recognized. Consequently, scholars, policymakers, and industry officials everywhere generally anticipate the increasing competitiveness of India in high technology activities. Using a structural framework, the author argues that...
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Re-Evaluating Microfinance : Evidence from Propensity Score Matching
Cintina, Inna - 2017
This paper evaluates effectiveness of microfinance using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method applied to data collected in a recent randomized control trial. This method allows one to answer an additional set of questions not answered by the original study and provide more nuanced evidence by...
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