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Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis : the case of Cape Verde
Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro
Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde. This is allegedly the African country suffering from the largest "brain drain",...
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International migration pressures in the long run
Campos, Rodolfo G. - 2017
migration flows for the whole world. In contrast to their findings, and despite of the slowdown of population growth in Latin … America, the US will face sustained immigration pressures because of strong population growth in other regions of the world …, leading to a projected immigrant stock that grows for decades to come. For the world as a whole, international migrants are …
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Final report for the regional seminar "Lessons learnt from actions co-financed with NGOs" : Bangkok, Thailand, 2-3 March 2005
Akdag, Erol (contributor); Aguilar, Luisa María (contributor) - CECOFORMA SA - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009638453
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International Coercion, Emulation and Policy Diffusion: Market-Oriented Infrastructure Reforms, 1977-1999
Henisz, Witold J.; Zelner, Bennet A.; Guillen, Mauro F. - 2004
World Bank or Regional Development Banks is increasing over time, a finding that is consistent with anecdotal evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477140
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The Impact of Cross-Border Flows on Markets for Labor, Higher Education, and Goods and Services.
Jackson, Osborne A. - 2010
The essays of this dissertation examine the determinants of cross-border flows, in the form of immigrants and foreign aid, as well as the impact of those flows on receiving markets. The first essay finds that the composition of immigrant inflows into local markets is a significant determinant of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476979
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11.471 Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development, Fall 2004
Tendler, Judith - 2004
Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker...
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Strategic Management of NGOs in Developing Countries
Murtaza, Niaz; Austin, Michael J - 2011
This literature review summarizes the knowledge in the field of the strategic management of international NGOs operating in developing countries based on the analysis of 161 books and articles published since 1980. The review yielded five major themes: 1) relationships with donors, 2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466969
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On the Impact Assessment of ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) Projects
Spriggs, John; Farquharson, Robert J.; Martin, Bob - 2010
The current ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) guidelines forimpact assessment of agricultural development projects see impact assessment as being usefulfor both accountability to stakeholders and as a learning tool to find out what works, whatdoesn’t work and...
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