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Factors determining entrepreneurship among societies of Central and Eastern Europe

Korpysa, Jaroslaw - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 33-46

Entrepreneurship is most often treated as a process aimed at starting business activity and determined by a number of economic and non-economic factors. Their influence differs and usually depends on economic development of a given country. The paper is aimed at analysing factors that determine...

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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Education and Healthcare in the Economies of the Former Soviet Union – the Case of Moldova

Cainarean, Nina; Veverita, Eugenia; Veverita, Petru - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2011

describe the changes in education and health financing and the associated changes in service delivery during the crisis. The … study. In particular, the study analyzes the size and dynamics of public financing of education and healthcare and their …

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Competitiveness and an Emerging Sector: The Russian Software Industry and its Global Linkages

Bardhan, Ashok Deo; Kroll, Cynthia - In: Industry and Innovation 13 (2006) 1, pp. 69-95

Russia's underlying sources of competitive edge in software, such as its scientific establishments, education system … contracts, a high value-added niche and high education levels characterize Russia's small, privately held software firms. A …

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Role of science & technology, higher education and research in Regional Socio-Economic Development

Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti - National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) - 2006

This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component technique has been adopted. For analysing the impact, a set of three indices focussing on Current...

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Mexico and the Millennium Development Goals at the Subnational Level

Fuentes, Ricardo; Montes, Andres - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 5 (2004) 1, pp. 97-120

and education but a seemingly entrenched problem of poverty. Given that the country is one of the most equal in Latin … terms of education and infrastructure, as well as in poverty, with a North- South divide in the country and indigenous …, education enrollment and literacy rates. The paper recommends focus on vulnerable subgroups and regions learning from successful …

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Swaziland

Manyatsi, Absalom M.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Masarirambi, … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

The Kingdom of Swaziland covers an area of 17,364 square kilometers bordered on the north, west, and south by the Republic of South Africa and on the east by Mozambique. The two major towns or cities are Mbabane, the capital city, and Manzini. The 2007 census put the population at 1.02 million,...

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Hachigonta, Sepo; Nelson, Gerald C.; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability...

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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics

From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …

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Contraception and Development: A Unified Growth Theory

Strulik, Holger - Institut for Virksomhedsledelse og Økonomi, Syddansk … - 2014

This study investigates the interaction of the use of modern contraceptives, fertility, education, and long-run growth …

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THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND DEMOGRAPHICS ON REGIONAL INCOME PERFORMANCE IN MISSOURI

FULLERTON, Thomas M.; MORALES, Carlos R.; WALKE, Adam G. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 14 (2014) 1, pp. 5-22

The objective of this study is to examine the potential impacts of different levels of educational attainment and infrastructure investment on income performance within the state of Missouri. Data are collected for all of Missouri’s 114 counties. Endogeneity testing is carried out and both...

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