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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation

Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020

/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both …

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Closing the gap : gender and innovation

Barasa, Laura - 2020

Innovation generally takes place in male-dominated industries. A gender gap might therefore exist. This study used data … from the 2015 Tanzania Firm-Level Skills Survey to investigate the gender innovation gap between female-owned enterprises … innovation performance into the endowments effect that reflects resource endowments and the coefficients effect relating to …

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The effects of Chinese import penetration on firm innovation : evidence from the Vietnamese manufacturing sector

Dang, Duc Anh - 2017

This paper evaluates the impact of Chinese import penetration on the innovation of Vietnamese manufacturing firms from …

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Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China

Li, Yanan; Xing, Chunbing - 2020

In this paper, we analyse the relationship between China's structural transformation and the inclusiveness of its economic growth. China's economy has undergone significant structural changes since it initiated the economic reforms in 1978. Economic activities have shifted from the...

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Wage growth and inequality in urban China 1988-2013

Gustafsson, Björn; Wan, Haiyuan - 2018

We investigate the evolution of wage levels, wage inequality, and wage determinants among urban residents in China using China Household Income Project data from 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007, and 2013. Average wage grew impressively between each pair of years. Wage inequality had long been on the...

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The changing nature of work and earnings inequality in China

Xing, Chunbing - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021

This paper examines the evolution of China's industrial and occupational structure in the last two decades and its impact on wage inequality. We find that non-routine cognitive and interpersonal tasks have increased, while routine cognitive tasks first increased and then declined. Occupation...

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Differentials in market constraints and value addition among micro, small, and medium enterprises in Viet Nam

Ngoc Ngo, Christine; Chi, Miao - 2017

This paper analyses the differentials of productive values in Vietnamese micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and how market constraints have hindered their performance. Quantitative analyses suggest substantial differences in value addition among manufacturing MSMEs, and the crucial...

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Moving up the copper value chain in Southern Africa

Makgetla, Neva Seidman; Levin, Saul; Mtanga, Sithembiso - 2019

Southern African countries-mainly Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo-account for around a seventh of global production of copper. In the 2010s, they imported over a third of the associated capital goods and components from South Africa. Given this strength, some observers suggest...

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Mozambique's industrialization

Cruz, António; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, Constantino Pedro - 2014

After the Second World War, Mozambique went through a series of transformations, from an incipient industrializing colonial society to an independent country with a central planned economy, plus a regional and internal war, and finally from 1994 onwards, a multi-party democracy with a mix of...

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Scoping study on the evolution of industry in Ghana

Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014

This paper chronicles the evolution of industry in Ghana over the post-independence era from an inward over-protected import substitution industrialization strategy of 1960-83 to an outward liberalized strategy during 1984-2000, and since 2001, to the private sector-led accelerated industrial...

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