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Successful development programs rely on people to behave and choose in certain ways, and behavioral economics helps us understand why people behave and choose as they do. Approaching problems in development using behavioral economics thus leads to better diagnosis and to better-designed...
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/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both …
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enhancement of managerial capacity. -- managerial capacity ; entrepreneurship ; innovation ; micro and small enterprises …
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and carefully weigh conflicting interests of its partners against its own long-term interests. The institutions Mozambique …
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The identification of potential innovation efforts plays an important role in evaluating the innovation process. The … innovation efforts of firms in developing countries might be different to those of Western enterprises. This paper evaluates … innovation processes in developing countries, especially the relationship between innovation efforts and outcomes. Instead of …
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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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review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime institutions; and on the private sector in conflict. Future …
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In many low-income transition countries, where formal institutions such as courts do not function effectively, informal … institutions are often used by firms to minimize transaction risks. We examine the role of informal institutions, in the forms of … that do not, and such firms are more likely to utilize informal institutions, such as acquiring information from informal …
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Local institutional and structural (meso) factors can play a role in mediating the returns to a macro-social policy. I focus on the Brazilian cash-transfer-programme Bolsa Familia and check how contextual features influence the returns to transfers. Building on Amartya Sen's work, I assess the...
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. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and …
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