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Emerging tourism markets: Ageing and developing economies

Tretheway, Michael; Mak, Doris - In: Journal of Air Transport Management 12 (2006) 1, pp. 21-27

This paper explores some of the links between changing age distributions in the affluent countries of Europe, North America and Asia (notably Japan), the growth in tourism to large developing countries, such as India, China and Brazil, and developments in the ways in which long haul...

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Factor endowment, human capital, and inequality in developing countries

Dao, Minh Quang - In: Journal of Economic Studies 40 (2013) 1, pp. 98-106

Development Report and the 2006 World Development Report. The author applies the least-squares estimation technique in a … multivariate linear regression. Findings – Based on data from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, the … investment and income helps explain income distribution. Using data from the United Nations Development Programme and the World …

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Explaining the Termination of Nationalizations in the Late 1970s

Andersson, Thomas; Brännäs, Kurt - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1991

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Mainstreaming biodiversity accounting: potential implications for a developing economy

Siddiqui, Javed - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 26 (2013) June, pp. 779-805

Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest declared as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2007. Findings – The study extends …

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The determinants of brain drain in developing countries

Ngoma, Abubakar Lawan; Ismail, Normaz Wana - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) June, pp. 744-754

Purpose – Skilled migrant workers move relatively in unidirectional form (from developing to developed countries) in response to many factors. The purpose of this paper is to examine some factors that influence skilled migration to such preferred locations among skilled workers....

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Comparison of propensity for carbon disclosure between developing and developed countries: A resource constraint perspective

Luo, Le; Tang, Qingliang; Lan, Yi-Chen - In: Accounting Research Journal 26 (2013) January, pp. 6-34

documented in the literature. Research limitations/implications – The findings are relevant to the world's largest organisations …

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Regulation in Microinsurance Markets: Principles, Practice, and Directions for Future Development

Biener, Christian; Eling, Martin; Schmit, Joan T. - School of Finance, Universität St. Gallen - 2013

Regulation of any market can either promote or impede its development, thus affecting social welfare. In this paper, we are concerned with the impact of regulation in microinsurance markets. We evaluate existing and potential regulatory mechanisms with regard to its underlying economic...

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Human capital disclosures in developing countries: figureheads and value creators

Huang, Ching Choo; Luther, Robert; Tayles, Michael; … - In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research 14 (2013), pp. 180-196

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore if any disparity exists between human capital information desired by financial analysts and fund managers and actual disclosure of such information in company annual reports, in the context of developing countries. Design/methodology/approach...

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Education for all and for what? Life-skills and livelihoods in rural communities

Poole, Nigel; Álvarez, Fernando; Penagos, Nora; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 3 (2013) 1, pp. 64-78

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue for appropriate formal education for rural young people in order to sustain and enhance viable rural communities. Design/methodology/approach – In reviewing the literature, it bridges the gap between thinking on education and development...

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A typology of food security in developing countries

Yu, Bingxin; You, Lingzhi - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 118-153

's progress in reducing hunger and poverty. This aim of this paper is to conduct a factor and sequential typology analysis to … and poverty. This paper conducts a factor and sequential typology analysis to identify groups of countries categorized …

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