This article emphasises the role of locational factors in the determination of rural non-farm (RNF) employment possibilities in rural Honduras. It finds that while RNF wage jobs are predominantly located close to urban areas, RNF self-employment jobs are geographically dispersed around the...

We examine capital adjustment patterns using two large and largely novel plant-level data sets from the manufacturing sectors of Colombia and Mexico. The data suggest that irreversibilities play a more important role than in more-advanced economies. However, we do not find support for the...

"The empirical evidence on whether participation in export markets increases plant-level productivity has been inconclusive so far. The authors explain this inconclusiveness by drawing on Arrow's (1962) characterization of learning-by-doing, which suggests focusing on young plants and using...

Regional economic cooperation and integration has assumed a new urgency for countries in Southern Asia in the aftermath of the global financial crisis with the advanced economies, traditional locomotives of the world economy, facing a new normal of slowdown.

Chapter 1: FDI, MSMEs, Digitalization and Green Industrialization: Editors’ Introduction -- Chapter 2: Foreign Direct Investment and Export Dynamics in India: Unveiling the role of brownfield and greenfield investments -- Chapter 3: Outward FDI and Its Impact on The Parent Firm: A case of...

As the wireless sensor networks (WSN) are gaining popularity the need of reliable delivery of data packets becomes more important. The reliable delivery is only possible when the routing protocols are efficient and secure. Because of lack of resources it is not possible to use existing...