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Integration von Industrie- und Innovationspolitik: Beispiele aus den USA und Israel und Ansätze der neuen EU-Industriepolitik
Wydra, Sven; Leimbach, Timo - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 1, pp. 121-134
demand-side measures. A deeper understanding of them can help to address new developments such as advanced manufacturing …
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Made in Africa – How to make local agricultural machinery manufacturing thrive
Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué Patrice; Kamau, Geoffrey; … - In: Journal of International Development 36 (2023) 2, pp. 1079-1109
Manufacturing has the potential to drive economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction, but African manufacturers … face challenges in competing with global markets. Agricultural machinery manufacturing may be one niche where African …
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Jobs for Africa's expanding youth cohort: A stocktaking of employment prospects and policy interventions
Betcherman, Gordon; Khan, Themrise - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 13, pp. 1-20
population. The barriers young people face stem both from skills deficiencies and from weak fundamentals that constrain job …
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Comparative analysis of tomato value chain competitiveness in selected areas of Malawi and Mozambique
Mango, Nelson; Mapemba, Lawrence; Tchale, Hardwick; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-15
This paper discusses tomato value chain performance in Malawi and Mozambique using data collected from a market study commissioned by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture as part of a regional research on conservation agriculture in maize-based farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa....
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Health service availability and health seeking behaviour in resource poor settings: Evidence from Mozambique
Anselmi, Laura; Lagarde, Mylène; Hanson, Kara - In: Health Economics Review 5 (2015) 26, pp. 1-13
Low-income countries are plagued by a high burden of preventable and curable disease as well as unmet need for healthcare, but detailed microeconomic evidence on the relationship between supply-side factors and service use is limited. Causality has rarely been assessed due to the challenges...
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Das Erbe des Bürgerkrieges in Mosambik: Landbevölkerung verharrt in Armut
Giesbert, Lena; Schindler, Kati - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 4, pp. 6-9
Wie bewältigen Haushalte den wirtschaftlichen Wiederaufbau nach einem Krieg? Sind einige Gruppen ländlicher Haushalte in einer Armutsfalle gefangen, während andere der Armut entfliehen können? Diese Fragen werden hier am Beispiel von Mosambik diskutiert, wo kurz nach der Unabhängigkeit im...
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The legacy of civil war: The case of Mozambique
Giesbert, Lena; Schindler, Kati - In: Weekly Report 7 (2011) 2, pp. 9-12
How do households cope with post-war economic reconstruction? Are groups of households trapped in poverty? These questions are discussed using the case of Mozambique, a nation in Southern Africa. Shortly after gaining independence in 1975, Mozambique delved into a civil war that lasted until...
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Waves and legacies: The making of an investment frontier in Niassa, Mozambique
Kronenburg García, Angela; Meyfroidt, Patrick; … - In: Ecology and Society 27 (2022) 1
The literature on land-use frontiers has overwhelmingly focused on active frontiers of expansion. We focus on an emerging frontier. We studied the decisions, narratives, and practices of the actors driving land-use change in Niassa, Mozambique. Based on ethnographic research carried out between...
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The importance of exploration and exploitation innovation in emerging economies
Moreira, António Carrizo; Navaia, Eurico Colarinho; … - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 8 (2022) 3, pp. 1-16
Innovation capabilities are among the main driving sources of export performance; however, the literature on how exploration and exploitation innovation influence export performance in the context of emerging economies is scarce. As such, the purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship...
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Innovation als Erfolgsfaktor der deutschen Industrie? Der Beitrag von Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen zu Beschäftigung und Exporten
Rammer, Christian; Peters, Bettina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 1, pp. 13-36
exporting in German manufacturing since the beginning of 2000. Using firm-level data from the Community Innovation Surveys in … Europe, our results highlight that compared to other European countries German manufacturing firms have a much stronger focus … a gross employment growth which has been larger in German manufacturing than in other European countries. This effect is …
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