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innovation in the commercial agriculture sector such as wine, fruit, livestock and dairy leading to a large change in composition … and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of domestic reform including trade on New Zealand …'s agriculture sector. Agricultural and trade reform has led to increased competition and has led to substantial changes in …
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There is today a great interest in understanding how governments can promote innovation and the benefits it brings, as … decided to undertake a "Trade and Innovation Project", to gain a better understanding of how trade and investment patterns and … policies affect innovation capacity, and interact with other key policies influencing innovation performance. This paper is one …
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environmental impact of the CAP on the irrigated agriculture, specially on the field crops. In this way, it is analysed how the … of the single payment partially decoupled in the irrigated agriculture in the satisfaction of social environmental and …
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In the Asia-Pacific region, there is a growing move to explore a new growth paradigm. Innovation is the central theme …
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and investment can have on innovation. The study looks at the role of trade and investment in technology transfer, the … competition effects of trade and investment on innovation as well as economies of scale. The study also looks at Global Value … Chains as an organisational innovation in its own right, which is supported by a freer trade and investment environment. The …
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The empirical trade literature examining the effect of tariff reductions on productivity commonly proxies the former with Nominal Tariff Rates(NTR) and estimates the latter as the production function residual. In the context of the South African trade reform experience we examine the different...
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The effect of nominal tariff cuts on industry wage differentials has been the subject of a number of recent empirical studies. In this paper we investigate the latter relationship with respect to the South African trade reform experience using labor force data for the period from 1995 to 2004....
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chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing … the PDI employed in the agriculture industry have been marginalised with regards to business opportunities and proper …
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This paper examines the effects of trade and domestic agricultural policy reforms on the distribution of incomes in six developing countries: Brazil, China, India, Malawi, Mexico and South Africa. The aggregate results from a global trade model are fed into separate national models. The insights...
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In this paper, we consider the potential impact of market power on the likely effects of trade reform and how this may impact on developing country exporters. The emphasis is on trade reform in agricultural markets, one of the principal features of the Doha Round negotiations, and we discuss the...
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