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Approach towards integration of emerging and traditional technologies.

Bhalla, A. S; James, J - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

rural areas esp. For agriculture, and for microelectronics in small scale industry and rural cooperatives, although more …

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Infrastructure and cluster development: A case study of handloom weavers in Ethiopia

Ayele, Gezahegn; Chamberlin, Jordan; Moorman, Lisa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

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Infrastructure and cluster development: A case study of handloom weavers in Ethiopia

Ayele, Gezahegn; Chamberlin, Jordan; Moorman, Lisa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an important industrial organization in the rural non-farm sector. Based on primary surveys of both urban and rural handloom weaver clusters in Ethiopia which took place in May/June...

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Russia's agriculture: eight years in transition - convergence or divergence of regional efficiency

Uvarovsky, Vladimir; Voigt, Peter - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2000

In this paper, we consider how Russian Agriculture has developed since the constitution of the Russian Federation. The … agriculture is for many regions the fundamental source of income this fact is alarming, especially when the local agriculture …G E R M A N V E R S I O N: Gegenstand dieses Papiers ist die Entwicklung der russischen Landwirtschaft seit Gründung …

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Why Are Women Working so Much More in Canada? An International Perspective

Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit...

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Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms The Case of Italy

Lusinyan, Lusine; Muir, Dirk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Wide-ranging structural reforms are underway in Italy, aimed at addressing key bottlenecks in the product and labor markets. Our analysis, based on the IMFâ€˜s Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF), attempts to quantify the potential gains to the economy from a comprehensive...

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Productivity Growth and Structural Reform in Bulgaria; Restarting the Convergence Engine

Pouvelle, Cyril; Mitra, Pritha - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural problems in its labor market, reflected in its...

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Belgium; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the challenge of population aging for Belgium. It argues that the aging strategy should be broadened to include more explicitly the objective of raising employment rates to foster potential growth. The paper discusses assumptions underlying the official aging...

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Turkey at the Crossroads; From Crisis Resolution to EU Accession

McGettigan, Donal; Debrun, Xavier; Griffiths, Mark E. L.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

The key policy challenge for Turkey in the years ahead will be to enhance and consolidate the advances made since the nationâ€™s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union levels. This paper reviews Turkeyâ€™s...

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How Has the Globalization of Labor Affected the Labor Income Share in Advanced Countries?

Jaumotte, Florence; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Labor markets around the world have become increasingly integrated over the last two decades, with the entry of China, India and the former Eastern bloc into the world trading system, the removal of restrictions on trade and capital flows, and rapid technological progress. At the same time, the...

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