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How COVID-19 pandemics influences Chinese economic sustainability

Vasiev, Maksim; Kexin, Bi; Denisov, Artem; Bocharnikov, … - In: Foresight and STI governance : journal of the National … 14 (2020) 2, pp. 7-22

China was the first country to face the COVID-19 outbreak. Owing to the prompt and decisive actions of the authorities, and the consolidation of society, the country has overcome the peak of incidence, and economic activity is gradually recovering. The paper shows how COVID-19 affects the key...

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Enhancing the efficiency of management development programmes through ethical leadership

Sulema, A.; Dirk, Rossouw; Bounds, M. - In: EuroEconomica 39 (2020) 2, pp. 234-254

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How can cash transfer programmes work for women and children? A review of gender- and child-sensitive design features

Esser, Anne; Bilo, Charlotte; Tebaldi, Raquel - 2019

transfer programmes (CTPs) based on international experience. The paper's focus on single programme features underlines the … children's empowerment. In addition to presenting strategies that have shown positive impacts across different programmes and …

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The social status of vocational education and training in Switzerland

Bolli, Thomas; Rageth, Ladina; Renold, Ursula - 2019

This paper analyses how the social status of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland has changed over time and how it differs across population groups. The applied measure for the social status of VET compares the cognitive abilities (measured by PISA scores) of prospective...

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Spillovers of asset purchases within the real sector: Win-win or joy and sorrow?

Sondershaus, Talina - 2019

Events which have an adverse or positive effect on some firms can disseminate through the economy to firms which are not directly affected. By exploiting the first large sovereign bond purchase programme of the ECB, this paper investigates whether more lending to some firms spill over to firms...

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Social protection in Asia and the Pacific: Inventory of non-contributory programmes. Executive summary

2019

Social protection programmes are now widely recognised as key policy instruments for developing countries to combat … Goal 1: "End poverty in all its forms everywhere". Nonetheless, knowledge of specific programmes being implemented across … an overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in selected regions in Asia and the Pacific. Moreover, the …

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Social protection in Asia and the Pacific: Inventory of non-contributory programmes

2019

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Conditionality and design of IMF-supported programmes

Committeri, Marco; L´Hotellerie-Fallois, Pilar; … - 2019

's inception. Its success is of crucial importance not only for countries' chances of achieving the goals of IMF lending programmes … characteristics of IMF programmes evolved with the macroeconomic context; in particular, a tendency towards more structural … area in which the effectiveness of IMF programmes has proven less than satisfactory is with serial borrowers, i …

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The role of supermarket chains in developing food, other fast-moving consumer goods and consumer goods suppliers in regional markets

Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2019

supplier capabilities through supplier development programmes. In South Africa, a shift is evident in recent approaches by … to replicate, broaden and deepen these programmes, including extending them to the region. The paper draws lessons from …

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Gender and social protection in South Asia: An assessment of the design of non-contributory programmes

Tebaldi, Raquel; Bilo, Charlotte - 2019

Social protection has received increased attention as a measure to reduce poverty and vulnerability and achieve social transformation, including the reduction of gender inequality. According to the Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B 2019), to contribute to gender equality,...

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