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brought by globalization and the removal of restrictions to the free flow of capital, technology, knowledge, people and … the examination of the impact of globalization on the reached level of competitiveness of the economies of the Western … question raised in the paper is to what extent the process of globalization and the entry of transnational corporations into …
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Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several … difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world. Africa … regulated firms, could assist the countries of Africa in overcoming national limits in technical expertise, enhance national …
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to Africa. We improve Park's results in two ways; first, we develop a new indicator reflecting the characteristics of the … exports to Africa and compare them with those of Korean products. The final list of Korea's potential exports to the African … strategy for amending Korea's record of underperforming exports to Africa …
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South East Asian LDCs since the mid-1990s. However, the manufacturing sector in sub-Saharan Africa has been underdeveloped … productivity, labour cost and exchange rate are unfavorable in sub-Saharan Africa. Representative arguments attribute the weak … labour cost is beyond the range explained by endowment and misalignment of exchange rates have been reduced in Africa …
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We provide evidence indicating that countries with well-developed social security systems do not necessarily face a trade-off between social spending and competitiveness. On average, countries that spend a lot on social needs score well in the competitiveness league. We investigate the...
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World Bank demographic and country characteristic statistics identify 16 small landlocked countries that are similar to Lesotho. The authors attempt to determine what useful policy information can be derived from the recent trade performance of these "comparators." Among questions they pose are...
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promoted economic diversification. However, the growth has not been uniform across regions and countries. Africa lags behind in … service exports. This paper examines the competitiveness of service exports in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), focusing on the East …
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