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Convergence in per capita income turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local. Global spillovers favor convergence, while a geographically limited scope of knowledge diffusion can lead to regional clusters of countries with persistently different levels of income per...
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This study underscores the essence of national social protection policies, in promoting investments that further the objectives of poverty reduction, as well as social inclusion. It provides answers and directions to the following questions: What are the contrasting impacts of foreign direct...
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In Africa, good governance has been preached as a panacea to reverse economic plight, to attract inflow of capital, and … between the two variable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data on governance indicators, FDI and ODA, the present study explores … further whether FDI and ODA promote good governance in Africa during 1975-2002 to explain these conflicting results. The …
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economic growth in West Africa. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses the dynamic fixed effects technique on the … validity of the supply-leading hypothesis in West Africa. As such, by deepening the financial system, the growth of the … the first to jointly examine these important growth determinants, especially in the context of West Africa. This becomes …
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FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE … and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which … are based on dynamic GMM estimator, FDI hampers IGG in Africa, while EE fosters IGG. Notably, in the presence of EE, the …
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countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) differently. The results indicate that: (i) A higher return on investment and better …. These results imply that Africa is different - suggesting that policies that have been successful in other regions may not … be equally successful in Africa …
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FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE … and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which … are based on dynamic GMM estimator, FDI hampers IGG in Africa, while EE fosters IGG. Notably, in the presence of EE, the …
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China and India are the two major gainers from the removal of quotas on textiles and clothing with phasing out of … opportunity to Indian textiles units to expand globally. A number of units in China have already moved in this direction and it is …
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the context of the recent foreign patenting surge in China. Using a database that comprises of all patents granted by … China's State Intellectual Property Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, I examine the industry distribution of … Chinese and foreign patents and the potential interaction between them. I find that foreign patenting in China is driven by …
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A government bargains a mutually convenient agreement with a multinational corporation to extract a natural resource. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share on the profits. The host country provides access and guarantee conditions of operation. Being the...
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