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Public-private collaboration on productive development policies in Costa Rica
Cornick, Jorge; Jimenez, Jorge; Román, Marcela - 2014
investment (FDI). When co-governance has been used in conjunction with market discipline and as a means to discover and remove … obstacles to higher productivity, as in tourism and FDI attraction, PDPs have been quite successful. When, on the contrary, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285641
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Building public capabilities for productive development policies: Costa Rican case studies
Cornick, Jorge; Trejos, Alberto - 2016
This paper explores the development of public sector capabilities for Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica through four case studies of successful experiences, with less successful cases presented as counterfactuals. To some extent the paper tests the Technical, Organizational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786366
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It worked in China, so why not in Africa? : the political economy challenge of special economic zones
Farole, Thomas; Moberg, Lotta - 2014
African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434534
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Building Public Capabilities for Productive Development Policies : Costa Rican Case Studies
Cornick, Jorge - 2017
This paper explores the development of public sector capabilities for Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica through four case studies of successful experiences, with less successful cases presented as counterfactuals. To some extent the paper tests the Technical, Organizational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958091
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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica
Cornick, Jorge; Jimenez, Jorge; Román, Marcela - 2014
investment (FDI). When co-governance has been used in conjunction with market discipline and as a means to discover and remove … obstacles to higher productivity, as in tourism and FDI attraction, PDPs have been quite successful. When, on the contrary, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314118
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Multinational production and "soft" industrial policies
Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; Volpe … - 2020 - This version: January 2020
Multinational production has become increasingly important in recent decades. Countries resort to different industrial policies to influence the geography of this production. In this paper, we focus on a ubiquitous “soft” industrial policy that aims at reducing information barriers -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154635
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Productive development policies in Jamaica
Panadeiros, Mónica; Benfield, Warren Andrew - 2010
incentive structure to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and promote exports. Although industrial policy is moving towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247130
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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009
many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922581
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Joint Ventures and Technology Adoption : A Chinese Industrial Policy that Backfired
Howell, Sabrina T - 2016
, helping to reconcile FDI's positive role in the endogenous growth literature with mixed empirical findings at the country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989022
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Industrial Policies and the Changing Patterns of Investment in the Chinese Economy
Holz, Carsten A. - 2018
Investment has always played an important role in the economic development strategies of the People's Republic of China. A major reform of the investment system in 2004 shifted the state's focus from direct investment control to industrial policies designed to promote investment in specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913852