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Employment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means GDP per capita is rising. Vietnamese policymakers, however, are concerned that ongoing structural transformation is creating too few jobs. We use data for seven aggregated sectors...
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level, which thus leaves room for elite capture. This paper compares and contrasts two case studies, both of which take … paper suggests that, while the - counter-elite - approach is not necessarily effective in challenging elite domination … authority of the elites and worsening poverty by implementing 'anti-poor' policies. This paper concludes that the success of …
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This paper assesses biofuels technology readiness and provides foresight to biofuels development in Southern Africa …
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This is a pioneer study investigating the relationship between environmental compliance and TFP convergence for SMEs. It examines the impacts of environmental compliance, and its combination with innovation, on TFP convergence of manufacturing SMEs. We applied the dynamic panel regression method...
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Using the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel data for 2009-17, this paper … particular, the paper uses extant classifications of internationally traded products to identify different categories of global …. Also, the paper investigates possible differences in learning-by-exporting effects across the identified categories of …
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Developing countries need to raise sufficient tax revenue to finance development. Revenue mobilization is often hampered by limited tax compliance, weak institutions, and technical problems with tax collection. One solution to these challenges is person-to-government (P2G) mobile phone payments,...
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initiatives to encourage savings mobilization are yet to yield the expected outcomes. This paper identifies the key drivers of …
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This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia's mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic …
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This paper examines whether digitalization can be a driver of "upgrading" in global value chains and help developing … countries move into higher value-added activities. In particular, the paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of digital … sophistication of Indian global value chain firms. The paper further attempts to tie these empirical results to the global value …
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This paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is … demand for labour. This paper aims to isolate the impact of innovation on export performance to understand the direct and …
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