It is generally argued that open trade is crucial for economic growth and development. The economic literature also argues that growth is an important option for reducing poverty in developing countries. The paper analyzed the causality between the trade, growth and poverty for Pakistan using...

This paper studies the decision to ratify United Nations Human Rights Treaties (HRT). We present new empirical evidence that sheds light on who ratifies when and why. For a foreign aid receiving country, high levels of predetermined treaty participation relative to other aid recipients has a...

The approval of methodologies and individual projects in the context of the Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is often an issue of national interest. Decisions of the CDM Executive Board (EB) can thus be expected to be highly politicized. Based on data for about 250 methodologies...

Our findings include that overseas remittances come from throughout the world, but are dominated by the United States as a main source. Also, over time, the destinations of foreign remittances are becoming more diverse as they move away from Ho Chi Minh city and other urban areas, in particular,...

Research and development (R&D) is a common process in for-profit organizations. Despite the benefits, it is not routinely practiced in nonprofit organizations, in part because it is difficult to identify the effects of programs that are designed to involve individuals over long periods of time....

With earthshaking and heartbreaking trends in African capital flight provided by a new database, this paper complements existing literature by answering some key policy questions on the feasibility of and timeframe for policy harmonization in the battle against the economic scourge. The goal of...

The aim of this paper is to show that the level of the real exchange rate affects the rate of economic growth. More specifically, we extend the model developed by Araujo and Lima (2007) to derive a balance-of-payments equilibrium growth rate analogous to Thirlwall’s Law based on a Pasinettian...

The concept of sustainable development is the result of an integrated approach to policy and decision makers, the environment and long-term economic growth are seen as complementary and mutually dependent (Romanian National Strategy for Sustainable Development). Sustainable development pursues...

This paper examines the emerging trends and patterns of merchandise trade in Southeast Asia and their implications for growth and structural changes in domestic manufacturing, with emphasis on the on-going process of global production sharing. The analysis reveals that participation in global...

En este artículo se analiza el papel que ha venido desempeñando launiversidad latinoamericana, particularmente la pública, en el contexto dedesenvolvimiento de la educación superior, teniendo en cuenta el escenarioeconómico neoliberal y las condiciones de gobernabilidad que enfrenta...