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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005106885
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Science, Technology and Development: Emerging concepts and visions
Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could … lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712149
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Norms and Institution Formation
Francois, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper analyzes the dynamic interaction between norms - internalized restraints on opportunistic behaviour - and institutions - restraints on such behaviour deriving from external enforcement. When individuals following a norm suffer pecuniary losses to doing so, the norm is eroded....
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Microfinance and Poverty -A Macro Perspective
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh; Annim, … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2010
global recovery, underlie gloomy prospects for the poor in Asia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008692968
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Financial Crisis in Asia: Its Genesis, Severity and Impact on Poverty and Hunger
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh; Annim, … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2013
Building on the recent literature on finance, growth and hunger, we have examined the experience of Asian countries over the period 1960-2010 by dynamic and static panel data models. We have found evidence favouring a positive role of finance - defined as private credit by banks - on growth of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633400
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Assessment of science and technology indicators in Sudan
Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
This paper employs both the descriptive and comparative approaches and uses the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's definition of Science and Technology (S&T) indicators (OECD, 1997) to discuss S&T development in Sudan. We find that the low level and the insufficient...
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Implications Of National Innovation Systems For Developing Countries: Managing Change And Complexity In Economic Development
Gu, Shulin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 1999
This paper develops implications of National Innovation Systems (NIS) from the perspective of developing countries. A … review of the development of NIS in the OECD context reveals that the notion of national innovation systems is a synthesis … made at the national and other societal levels, of the insights about technological innovation and institutional change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712420
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The Effectiveness of Competition Policy: An Econometric Assessment in Developed and Developing Countries
Samà, Danilo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The ultimate objective of the present paper is to empirically investigate the effectiveness of competition policy in developed and developing countries. Although its importance is continuously increasing, the effectiveness of competition policy still seems to lack the attention that it would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109090
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Can the West Help the Rest? A Review Essay of Sachs’ The End of Poverty and Easterly’s The White Man’s Burden
John, Arielle; Storr, Virgil Henry - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 25 (2009) Fall 2009, pp. 125-140
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Energy-Based Economic Development: Mapping the Developing Country Context
Carley, Sanya; Desai, Sameeksha; Bazilian, Morgan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Energy-based economic development (EBED) can provide economic, social and environmental benefits related to national economic development and sustainable growth activities. As both policy and research interests in responsible mechanisms for economic development grow, EBED benefits are becoming...
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