formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of entrepreneurship and the business environment, the primary focus in this … paper is to scrutinize existing international indicators, in particular the World Bank's Doing Business (DB) indicators and …

This paper provides a systematic review of challenges to doing business in Africa. It complements the extant literature … by answering two critical questions: what are the linkages between the ease of doing business and economic development …; and what are the challeng es to doing business in Africa? In providing answers to the se questions, the nexus between the …

Using the example of a development project to increase tourism and improve artisan production in a Maya community, the … handicraft production in Yucatán and describes in how the national tourism industry is taking advantage of segments of the …

Ocean tourism contributes significantly to the economy of the Philippines, an archipelagic nation with one of the … how ocean tourism and economic development intertwine in archipelagic nations, examining national statistical data on … tourism and economic development in the Philippines over the last several years. Furthermore, it discusses the policy …

Tourism accounts for around one tenth of global GDP. We analyze the impact of entertainment media in drawing tourists … to filming locations (media multiplier ) and, in turn, the effect of tourism on local economic development (tourism … factor of 2.5. Furthermore, we provide evidence of positive spillovers in nearby municipalities. To estimate the tourism …