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Key aspects of economic growth and sustainable consumption are highlighted in the context of a modified neoclassical … growth model. If we consider the topic of optimum growth in a broader context the notion of efficient specialization - in … long term economic growth is possible, namely if sufficient investment in research and development plus education is …
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This paper provides an overview of the ocean economy in the EU Outermost Regions (EU ORs). It discusses the opportunities and challenges that the EU ORs are facing in light of emerging global trends, laying out priority actions for making the ocean a factor of competitiveness and...
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translates into positive conditions for environmental sustainability. Based on net effect from complementarities, the following …
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A recent World Bank report reveals that poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as more than 45% of countries in the sub-region are off-track from achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) extreme poverty target. This paper...
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they have played significant roles in the region's slow and episodic economic growth. Results from cross …-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital … growth of African economies does not depend so much on their ability to innovate, but rather on their capacity to absorb and …
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Market competition is central to innovative activity, the diffusion process and macro-economic productivity growth …. Productivity growth at all levels comes about through institutional reconfiguration in response to the ongoing market process …. Stable and sustained long-term growth in output requires the continuous creation of new technological and commercial …
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growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …
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growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …
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The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …
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productive and active VC industry boosts innovation driven growth. …
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