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Expanding social protection in developing countries : a gender perspective

Antonopoulos, Rania - 2013

This paper discusses social protection initiatives in the context of developing countries and explores the opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief introduction on the emergence of social protection (SP) and how it...

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Trade Liberalization, Doha Rounds and Developing Countries

Oreagba, Funmilola - 2010

A pivotal factor to improving the economies of developing countries is to eliminate trade barriers and increase market access. This paper examines efforts at liberalizing trade in developing countries. It explains the various multilateral trade agreements and negotiations and analyses their...

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Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries : A Gender Perspective

Antonopoulos, Rania - 2013

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Music for Development in the Digital Age

Kabanda, Patrick - 2016

The music world has had its share of Internet-led shake-ups. Digital piracy and the advertisement rules of platforms like YouTube are major concerns. But there are also opportunities: online marketing, arts education, cultural awareness, and nation branding are particularly notable. How can...

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The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on MNEs’ Decisions to Invest in Developing Countries : Empirical Evidence from New Swiss Firm-Level FDI Panel Data

Hold, Arno - 2015

This article reviews the impact of intellectual property (IP) protection on foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries. Applying different panel data techniques to a newly-created comprehensive FDI/IP dataset of 31 Swiss MNEs investing into 53...

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Development in Africa

Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018

conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …

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The Effect of IMF and World Bank Programs on Poverty

Easterly, William - 2001

Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the effect of growth on poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but I find no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment on growth. Instead, the poor benefit less from...

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Do International Trade Institutions Contribute to Economic Growth and Development?

Paul, Joel R. - 2012

Proponents of trade liberalization routinely defend international trade institutions as engines of economic growth that benefit everyone. How trade proponents justify trade institutions matters because their justificatory rhetoric leads to certain policy conclusions about whether it is...

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Postcolonial Imaginaries : Alternative Development or Alternatives to Development?

Mahmud, Tayyab - 2009

This review essay critically interrogates the discourse and practice of development. It is argued that models of alternative development remain imprisoned in the ontological categories of the development project, an ideological and institutional devise to consolidate the hegemony of the West...

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What are the links between aid volatility and growth?

Markandya, Anil; Ponczek, Vladimir; Yi, Soonhwa - In: Journal of Developing Areas 44 (2011) 2, pp. 41-68

Recent literature has debated possible adverse impacts of aid volatility on a country's economic performance. Our paper … adds to this literature in three ways: First it tests the validity of the aid volatility and growth relationship from … various aspects: across time horizons, by sources of aid, and by aid volatility interactions with country characteristics …

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