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The Chinese economy: How much market - how much state?
Taube, Markus - In: CESifo Forum 6 (2005) 3, pp. 03-07
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Institutional Determinants of Economic Performance in OECD Countries – An Institutions Climate Index
Eicher, Theo; Röhn, Oliver - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 1, pp. 38-49
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037401
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ROMANIAN INVESTMENT POLICY ANALYSIS
Anca, Hategan - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2011) 1, pp. 66-71
Starting with the year 2009, the European Union, as well as the rest of the world, was affected by the economic and financial crisis, and one of the effects reflected in the decrease of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects and also in the reduction of their host locations. Creating a healthy...
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
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Agriculture for development in Iraq?: Estimating the impacts of achieving the agricultural targets of the national development plan 2013–2017 on economic growth, incomes, and gen...
Al-Haboby, Azhr; Breisinger, Clemens; Debowicz, Darío; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper estimates the potential effects of achieving the agricultural goals set out in Iraq’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2013–2017 using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The findings suggest that raising agricultural productivity in accordance with the NDP...
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Does the Private Sector Care About AIDS? Evidence from Investment Climate Surveys in East Africa
Ramachandran, Vijaya; Shah, Manju Kedia; Turner, Ginger - 2006
firms and 4,955 workers in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, it shows that larger firms, and firms with higher skilled workers …
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A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011
Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
female disempowerment are rooted in colonial times. We find that the arrival of Europeans in Uganda ignited a century …-collar (high-status) employment in the wage economy built by the Europeans. Women took somewhat longer to obtain literacy and … colonial period. But gender inequality gradually declined during the latter half of the colonial era, and after Uganda …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145474
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A Colonial Legacy of African Gender Inequality? Evidence from Christian Kampala, 1895-2011
Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Weisdorf, Jacob - Centre for Global Economic History (CGEH), Universiteit … - 2014
female disempowerment are rooted in colonial times. We find that the arrival of Europeans in Uganda ignited a century- long …-collar (high-status) employment in the wage economy built by the Europeans. Women took somewhat longer to obtain literacy and … colonial period. But gender inequality gradually declined during the latter half of the colonial era, and after Uganda …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163100
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Agency for Strategic Initiatives as a New Type of Development Institution
Freinkman, L.; A. Yakovlev. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 6 (2014)
Developments in the post-crisis period in Russia were associated with the emergence of a number of new institutions that support interactions between government and business. Against this background, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), in our opinion, has been the most successful...
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Explaining Enterprise Performance in Developing Countries with Business Climate Survey Data
Dethier, Jean-Jacques; Hirn, Maximilian; Straub, Stephane - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and growth in developing countries using enterprise surveys. Comparable enterprise surveys today cover some 70,000 firms in over 100 countries around the world. The literature that...
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