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From Economic Meltdown to Social Crunch – Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Social Capital Building in Developing Countries and What We still Don't Know!
Wong, Sam - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper draws on the experiences of the Far East Economic Crisis in 1998 and argues that: (1) the poor depended heavily on bonding social capital during the Crisis, but the crunch-point beyond which they felt no longer able to rely on this is less certain; (2) bridging social capital could...
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The Future Role of the IMF: Asian Perspectives
Anas, Titik; Friawan, Deni - eSocialSciences - 2008
The financial crisis of 1997 gave the Asian region a very hard lesson on the importance of financial stability. The severity of the crisis and the failure of IMF in assisting these countries became a motivating factor to engage in closer financial cooperation in this region. This paper will...
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Statistics in the Reserve Bank of India
Mohanty, Deepak - eSocialSciences - 2014
RBI has taken several steps to improve the processing of data. Information system will also be enhanced very soon. [Remarks at Reserve Bank of India at the 8th Statistics Day Conference, Mumbai].
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Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - eSocialSciences - 2012
Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies.[ADBI Working Paper Series No. 369]. URL …:[http://www.adbi.org/files/2012.07.10.wp369.climate.change.mitigation.green.growth.asia.pdf]. …
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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?
Mercier, Marion - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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Drug Regulation and Incentives for Innovation: The Case of ASEAN
Ratanawijitrasin, Sauwakon - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this paper is to examine the ways in which regulatory framework affect the pharmaeutical innovations in developing countries using member countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) as case study. The paper employs a wide angle view of drug regulation in the...
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Recent Financial Market Developments and Implications for Monetary Policy
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2007
. [Valedictory Address at IIF's inaugural Asia Regional Economic Forum]. …
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Innovation and Growth: Role of the Financial Sector
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2008
to innovation and growth. Finally, an outline of the role of monetary policy in sustaining growth and innovations by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341753
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011
How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries … innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses … these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …
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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2014
Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through...
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