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Barbados : fostering economic development through social partnership
Fashoyin, Tayo - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
explores experiences of social dialogue in relation to improving productivity, technical and vocational education, occupational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966370
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Contribution of human capital to economic development: some selected issues.
JR, Behrman - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1994
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583
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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Thomas, Desmond; Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943462
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Economic geography and manufacturing productivity in Africa: ananalysis of firm level data
Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Mengistae, Taye; Temesge, Tilahun; … - In: Journal of Developing Areas 42 (2009) 2, pp. 223-252
We compare samples of textiles and garments producers across groups of countries to find that, in general, productivity … productivity averages. However, geography is also as powerful an influence in as far as it affects access to export markets and to …
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Industrial agglomeration in Costa Rica : a descriptive analysis
Kumagai, Satoru; Ueki, Yasushi; Bullón, David; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper investigates the current situation of industrial agglomeration in Costa Rica, utilizing firm-level panel data for the period 2008-2012. We calculated Location Quotient and Theil Index based on employment by industry and found that 14 cantons have the industrial agglomerations for 9...
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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
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Technology and U.S. wage inequality: a brief look
Card, David; DiNardo, John E. - In: Economic Review (2002) Q3, pp. 45-62
As labor market analysts in the late 1980s and early 1990s documented a rising wage inequality, a series of papers argued that this development was related to rapid technological change. These papers and the large literature that followed established a basis for the virtually unanimous agreement...
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Projecting productivity growth: lessons from the U.S. growth resurgence
Jorgenson, Dale W.; Ho, Mun S.; Stiroh, Kevin J. - In: Economic Review (2002) Q3, pp. 1-13
sectors. ; In this article, the authors analyze the sources of U.S. labor productivity growth in the post-1995 period and … present projections for both output and labor productivity growth for the next decade. Despite the 2001 downward revisions to … substantial role in the U.S. productivity revival. The article then outlines a methodology for projecting trend output and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005361071
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Preface--Venture capital and technology: What's next?
Wheatley, Anna Copeland - In: Economic Review (2002) Q4, pp. v-v
have funded increased productivity that has helped to accelerate U.S. economic growth. This success has spawned an interest …
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