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The long-term relationship between population and economic development is an important research topic in development … indicate a population-driven economic development in Indonesia. In other words, Indonesia could represent a textbook case of … population-induced development where a rapid population growth stimulates economic development. …
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policies on womenʼs entrepreneurship, the uptake of business development services, and financing programs for MSMEs …
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Knowledge has been defined as a major resource for development. Especially countries without natural resources have … found this idea attractive and have embarked on development strategies to develop a knowledge-based economy. In doing so … research funds for the next stage of development. A shortage of high-level manpower is likely to occur, which will reduce the …
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, Malaysia, Singapore - with the larger ocean space, the Indian Ocean. Focusing on the maritime potential of nations represents … the other principal component of CenPRIS’s ocean research cluster. The development of the “CenPRIS Ocean Index” will …’s new Ocean Policy. Another research project under the cluster will examine the development of Penang as a knowledge hub in …
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Using a panel of five Asian economies - Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand - over the period 1995 …-2007 we analyze the links between firm survival and financial development. We find that traditionally used measures of … financial development play an important role in influencing firm survival. When stock markets become larger or more liquid firms …
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A brief and very personal overview of some important issues in the management of development, with particular attention …
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Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder (2008), and using Indonesian crosssectional data, I...
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Bride price customs are widespread in many developing countries. While the economic literature has widely investigated the implications of such transfers on women's welfare, little is known about their consequences on men's premarital behavior. In this paper, we exploit a quasi-natural...
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Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder (2008), and using Indonesian crosssectional data, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256489