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Strategies for local economic development within the framework of sustainable human development : inputs to capacity building.
D, Nielsen Short; R, Lindenthal; AL, Vidal Alonso - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966369
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Globalization and decent work : options for Panama
Egger, Philippe - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Analyses the economic, social and labour market situation in Panama and proposes policies to promote decent work.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966341
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Labour markets, labour processes and economic development: some research issues.
G, Rodgers - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
poverty on labour force participation; emphasizes the need to consider economic structures and institutional framework when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967395
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Sweatshops: the theory of the firm revisited
Dessing, Maryke - In: Journal of Economic Studies 31 (2004) October, pp. 549-579
When the labor supply schedule is bending forward at low wage levels, the average cost curve of firms does the same. This leads to the possibility of multiple equilibria, in particular for monopolists, thereby opening a broader range of options and keeping non-profitable firms in business....
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Prologue
Lin, Justin Yifu - Princeton University Press
, significantly reduce poverty, and become middle- or even high-income countries in the span of one or two generations. Interwoven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862624
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Urbanization in India: Evidence on Agglomeration Economies
Mitra, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2011
urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321503
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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa … long term, while food aid and poverty reduction programs have little utility beyond immediately abating hunger and …- and long-run impact on poverty through various channels. It surveys spending trends and analyzes the effect of growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off
Lin, Justin Yifu - Princeton University Press
, significantly reduce poverty, and become middle- or even high-income countries in the span of one or two generations. Interwoven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681120
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Poverty, Development, and Ecological Services
Barbier, Edward B. - In: International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 2 (2008) 1, pp. 1-27
critical ecosystems and habitat in developing countries. But geographical targeting and other means of tackling poverty more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696390
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Resource Abundance, Poverty and Development
Bulte, Erwin H.; Damania, Richard; Deacon, Robert T. - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2004
The negative correlation between resource endowments and GDP growth remains one of the most robust findings in the empirical growth literature, and has been coined the “resource curse hypothesis”. The policy consequences of this result are potentially far reaching. If natural resources are...
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