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This paper is the second paper in a series of papers on Community Economic Development Strategic Framework for Poverty Alleviation in Local Government with particular attention to the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality (RMLM). The objective of this paper is twofold: (i) to examine the rationale...
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Are individuals living in distinct urban or rural settings more likely to experience barriers to social inclusion? If so, what are the nature of the barriers that they face? Using a unique administrative dataset for Ireland's dominant social inclusion programme, this paper examines the effect of...
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community development training and goals and the links between provision and social deprivation, geography and cost. It also …
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distance (while controlling for country size). Since geography may affect income through other channels, we also control for …
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This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
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There is well-known debate about the respective role of geography versus institutions in explaining the long term … of Sulawesi and find technology adoption to play a crucial role. We show that geography through its effects on migration …
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countries, we find remarkable differences in forecast accuracy, and show that they are partly related to geography and …
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found to be related to both the skills of analysts - such as their educational and employment backgrounds - and to geography …
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There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
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There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300189