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The mechanics of central bank intervention in foreign exchange markets
Basu, Kaushik - 2009
Central banks in developing countries, wanting to devalue the domestic currency, usually intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up foreign currency using domestic money-often backing this up with sterilization to counter inflationary pressures. Such interventions are usually...
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Entwicklungschancen und Umweltschutz durch Joint Implementation mit Indien
Kopp, Oliver; Bräuer, Wolfgang - 1998
Arbeit ist es, am Fallbeispiel Indien die These zu prüfen, daß Joint Implementation sowohl für Industrie- als auch für …
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Promoting Biofuels: Implications for Developing Countries
Peters, Jörg; Thielmann, Sascha - 2008
Interest in biofuels is growing worldwide as concerns about the security of energy supply and climate change are moving into the focus of policy makers. With the exception of bioethanol from Brazil, however, production costs of biofuels are typically much higher than those of fossil fuels.As a...
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Do family planning programmes help women's employment? The case of Indian mothers
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Francavilla, Francesca - 2007
The paper deals with female employment in developing countries. We set out a model to test our argument that, at the first stage of development, demographic and health programmes have proven to be more effective for women's position in the society than specific labour and income support...
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Behind the scenes of the telecommunications miracle: An empirical analysis of the Indian market
Biancini, Sara - 2010
We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the potential effectiveness of universal access policies in developing countries. We provide some empirical evidence on the supply and demand characteristics, using a small...
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Developing countries as exporters of services: looking beyond success episodes
Langhammer, Rolf J. - 2000
The paper departs from the perception that trade in services in general and developing countries' exports in services in particular are dynamic segments of world trade. Both total trade data as well as US import trade figures do not support this perception. Success episodes such as the recent...
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Three Essays on Groundwater and Tenancy Contracts in Rural Economies
Steinmetz, Anne Margret - 2003
Sektor von Entwicklungsländern mit Schwerpunkt Indien. Im ersten Teil werden mit Methoden der deskriptiven Statistik … aufgearbeitete Daten aus einer von der Autorin in Tamil Nadu, Indien durchgeführten Feldstudie über informelle Grundwassermärkte … Pächters. Anhand der ökonometrischen Analyse von Daten aus vierzehn Dörfern in Andhra Pradesh, Indien wird gezeigt, dass die …
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Impact of strategic management, corporate social responsibility on firm performance in the post mandate period: Evidence from India
Mitra, Nayan - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 6 (2021) 1, pp. 1-15
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is like a chameleon, that changes its colour according to the context it is in. In the developed economy, it takes the form of sustainability and/ or philanthropy, whereas, in emerging economies, it speaks the language of religious, political and/or mandated...
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