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Interaction between bank branches, local entrepreneurship and development on rural and suburban areas Regional Unity of Serres
Balomenou, Chrysanthi; Maliari, Marianthi; Lagos, Dimitris - 2012
This paper is divided into two parts, one theoretical and one empirical and attempts to examine the interaction between bank branches, local entrepreneurship and development on rural and suburban areas at Regional Unity of Serres, Central Macedonia, Greece. More particularly, in the first part...
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Assessing MDG achievements through under-5 child stunting in the East African community : some insights from urban versus rural areas in Burundi and Rwanda using DHS2010
Nkunzimana, Tharcisse; Custodio, Estefania; … - In: Poverty and well-being in East Africa : a multi-faceted …, (pp. 61-86). 2016
Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Rwanda and Burundi in 2010. Selected child, mother, and household characteristics are … the countries. The child’s size at birth is associated only in urban Rwanda and rural Burundi, and the fact that the child … has not received vitamin A supplementation or vaccination only in rural settings (Rwanda and Burundi, respectively …
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Macroeconomic impact of Basel III : evidence from a meta-analysis
Fidrmuc, Jarko; Lind, Ronja - 2017
We present a meta-analysis of the impact of higher capital requirements imposed by regulatory reforms on the macroeconomic activity (Basel III). The empirical evidence derived from a unique dataset of 48 primary studies indicates that there is a negative, albeit moderate GDP level effect in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810685
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What makes cities more productive? : evidence from 5 OECD countries on the role of urban governance
Ahrend, Rudiger; Farchy, Emily; Kaplanis, Ioannis; … - 2016
In estimating agglomeration benefits across five OECD countries, this paper represents the first empirical analysis that contrasts cross-country evidence on agglomeration benefits with the productivity impact of metropolitan governance structures, while taking into account the potential sorting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810696
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Financial sector development-economic growth nexus in Rwanda
Tamwesigire, Caleb; Bwire, Thomas; Munyankindi, Pascal - In: Economic integration, currency union, and sustainable …, (pp. 57-76). 2016
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Are East African countries sustainable? : comparative analysis of two composite indicators
Syrovátka, Miroslav; Harmáček, Jaromír - In: Economic integration, currency union, and sustainable …, (pp. 151-170). 2016
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Benefit-cost analysis of the integration of Rwanda in the East African Community: 2007-2013
Mushimiyimana, Emmanuel - In: Economic integration, currency union, and sustainable …, (pp. 193-214). 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559244
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Evaluation of redistributive and welfare impacts of indirect taxes reform in Rwanda
Ndemezo, Etienne; Baye, Francis Menjo - In: Poverty and well-being in East Africa : a multi-faceted …, (pp. 165-188). 2016
This study evaluates the redistributive and welfare effects of reforms in indirect taxes in Rwanda. Specifically, its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304820
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What ist the impact of ICT infrastructure and mobile phones in Rwanda on its aspirations to transform into a knowledge-based, middle-income economy? : and what about the farmers?
Lichtenstein, Jane - 2016
Rwanda was a poor, aid dependent subsistence farming economy when it set itself the goal, set out in Vision 2020, of …. This presentation considers the impact of ICT development in Rwanda, in particular the near-universal reach of mobile phone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603836
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Policy reforms and rural livelihoods sustainability : challenges and opportunities : empirical evidence from the adoption of the land use consolidation (LUC) policy in Rwanda
Habyarimana, Jean Baptiste; Nkunzimana, Tharcisse - In: African development review 29 (2017), pp. 96-108
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