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The Importance of Education Quality for Growth and Development
Gerba, Eddie - 2015
at the technology frontier through a simple process of technological transfers, we are able to show that education … quality not only speeds up the process of technology diffusion but it also helps account for 45-53 per cent of differences in … labor productivity. As we argue, failure to control for the gap in technology levels between the leader and the follower …
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Time to act for SDG 8 : integrating decent work, sustained growth and environmental integrity
Internationale Arbeitsorganisation - 2019
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Impact of information and communication technology on economic growth : evidence from developing countries
Bahrini, Raéf; Qaffas, Alaa A. - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 1/21, pp. 1-13
The present study aims to evaluate the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the economic growth …
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Gender, institutions, and economic development : findings and open research and policy issues
Klasen, Stephan - 2016
Gender relations are a key institution governing important aspects of production and reproduction of societies. They are guided by formal institutions as well as informal norms and values. As this survey shows, there is great regional heterogeneity in gender inequality in formal and informal...
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Are women important for economic development? : an evidence on women's participation in labor market and their contribution to economic growth in 83 world countries
Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2013
A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the labour market and use financial resources to...
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The impact of the EU Blue Card policy on economic growth in the African sending countries
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel - 2010
In 2009 the EU adopted a new migration policy instrument - the Blue Cards (BC) - for attracting highly skilled workers to the EU. The present paper examines the potential impacts, which BC may cause on the less developed sending countries (LDC). According to the adopted framework of innovative...
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Migration to the EU : social and macroeconomic effects on sending countries
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel; Kielyte, Julda - 2016
In June 2016, the European Commission issued a new EU Blue Card proposal. This proposal is meant to make the EU more attractive for highly qualified workers from third countries. While strengthening the knowledge economy of the EU, the potential impacts of the new Blue Card proposal on...
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The role of the fourth industrial revolution in achieving economic development : challenges and opportunities
Selemela, Adelaide; Khwela, Michael Nkosinathi; Selelo, … - 2023
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The role of science and technology in development
Ombaka, D. M. - In: Introduction to development studies for Africa, (pp. 192-218). 2004
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The contribution of science and technology to development
Sabourin, Louis - 1978
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