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The new global agenda and the future of the multilateral development bank system
Bhattacharya, Amarendra; Kharas, Homi Jamshed; Plant, … - 2018
The authors assess the role of the multilateral development system and the reforms needed to support the new global agenda. There is an urgency to the reforms. The coming decades will see the largest urban expansion in history. More infrastructure needs to be built in the next 15 years than the...
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The world that choose the machine : an evolutionary view of the technological race in the history of the automobile
Amatucci, Marcos - In: International journal of automotive technology and … 15 (2015) 1, pp. 43-62
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An assessment
Hirschhausen, Christian R. von - 2017
Nuclear power was one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century, and it continues to play an important role in twenty-first century discussions about the future energy mix, climate change, innovation, proliferation, geopolitics, and many other crucial policy topics. This paper...
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Technology and manufacturing-and-service operations since the Industrial Revolution
Singhal, Kalyan; Singhal, Jaya - In: Production and operations management : the flagship … 31 (2022) 12, pp. 4276-4282
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ICT use in the developing world: an analysis of differences in computer and internet penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006
this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly between developed and developing countries …, telephone density, legal quality and banking sector development are associated with technology penetration rates. Overall, the … countries. Estimates from Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions reveal that the main factors responsible for low rates of technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267851
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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268174
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Rules for border-crossing factor movements
Siebert, Horst - 2007
firms, the flow of technology and the migration of people. These rules have to make sure that individuals, individual … whether new technology is found. Except for TRIMS, an international investment code has not been established. Conventions have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291767
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Has technology hurt less skilled workers? An econometric survey of the effects of technical change on the structure of pay and jobs
Chennells, Lucy; Reenen, John Van - 1999
). We focus on over 70 empirical studies that have used direct measures of technology (rather than associating technology … and measurement. Our survey comes to the following tentative conclusions: (i) there is a strong effect of technology on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330338
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Economic Growth and Human Development
Ramirez, Alejandro; Ranis, Gustav; Stewart, Frances - 1997
This paper explores the links between economic growth and human development, identifying two chains, one from economic growth to human development, the other, from human development to economic growth. The importance of various links in each chain are explored empirically with the help of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369150
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ICT use in the developing world: An analysis of differences in computer and internet penetration
Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006
this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly between developed and developing countries …, telephone density, legal quality and banking sector development are associated with technology penetration rates. Overall, the … countries. Estimates from Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions reveal that the main factors responsible for low rates of technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285318