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Financial Inclusion and Financial Stability : Current Policy Issues
Hannig, Alfred - 2011
favor it. In doing so, we suggest that innovations aimed at countering financial exclusion may help strengthen financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132039
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New insights on EU-US comparison of corporate R&D
Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro - 2010
Policy-makers have become increasingly aware that corporate R&D and innovation are the main drivers of an economy's competitiveness and growth. The widespread adoption of R&D targets has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of corporate R&D investment trends, drivers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980250
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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany
Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Morgan, Margaret - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045785
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Boosting Austria's Innovation Performance
Leibfritz, Willi; Janger, Jürgen - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
diffusion of innovation and productivity growth. It suggests focusing more on these framework conditions, notably by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046216
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Back to Kyoto? : US participation and the linkage between R&D and climate cooperation
Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor; … - 2002
The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the recent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties drastically reduces the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in controlling GHG emissions. The reason is not only the reduced emission abatement in the US, but also the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409394
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May the soul of the IFS financial system definition RIP in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
In this paper, we dissect with great acuteness contemporary insufficiencies of the IFS (2008) definition of the financial system and conclude from sound theoretical underpinnings and empirical justifications that the foundation, on which it is based, while solid for developed countries, holds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409238
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Addressing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : how relevant is the ICT and financial development pathway?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Taale, Francis; … - 2021
severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650683
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The role of financial development in poverty reduction
Rewilak, Johan - In: Review of development finance 7 (2017) 2, pp. 169-176
This paper investigates whether financial development is conducive in poverty reduction. Separating financial development into four categories and using newly available data this paper finds that both financial deepening and greater physical access is beneficial in reducing the proportion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779568
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The learning process and technological change in wind power : evidence from China's CDM wind project
Tang, Tian; Popp, David - 2014
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a project-based carbon trade mechanism that subsidizes the users of climate-friendly technologies and encourages technology transfer. The CDM has provided financial support for a large share of Chinese wind projects since 2002. Using pooled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257289
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The best versus the rest : the global productivity slowdown, divergence across firms and the role of public policy
Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara; Gál, Peter - 2016
In this paper, we aim to bring the debate on the global productivity slowdown – which has largely been conducted from a … macroeconomic perspective – to a more micro-level. We show that a particularly striking feature of the productivity slowdown is not … so much a lower productivity growth at the global frontier, but rather rising labour productivity at the global frontier …
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