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Growth drivers: ICT and inclusive innovations

Goyal, Ashima - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2013

telecommunication and mobile banking policies are assessed against these. While policy can directly encourage it, if innovation depends … on market size above a threshold, policies that expand size can be more effective in inducing innovation. While policy …

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Intersectionality, migration and development

Bastia, Tanja - In: Progress in Development Studies 14 (2014) 3, pp. 237-248

mainstream development studies. This paper discusses the relevance of intersectionality in the context of development theory and …Since the 1970s feminist theories have made considerable contributions to development theories and practice, challenged … the androcentrism of much development thinking, the normative assumptions about how households behave, and the taking of …

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Unlocking the Potential of Zambian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises "Learning from the international best practices - the Southeast Asian Experience"

Chisala, Chibwe - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

unlocking the potential of its SMEs sector. Malaysia and Zambia were at the same level of economic development as evidenced by …This paper examines the SMEs performance in Zambia and attempts to identify some practical lessons that Zambia can … learn from Southeast Asian countries (with reference to Malaysia) in order to facilitate industrial development through …

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Africa’s Burden: Labour Markets, Natural Resources and the FDI ‘Reliance-Rejection’ Paradox

de Mauro, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by … source to finance the development of SSA, while ignoring the two main structural issues inherited from colonialism - the … locked the continent in an FDI paradox that prevents it from funding its own development. …

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Tourism, development and corporate social responsibility in Livingstone, Zambia

McLachlan, Sam; Binns, Tony - In: Local Economy 29 (2014) 1-2, pp. 98-112

The city of Livingstone has experienced rapid tourism growth over the past 20 years, as Zambia has attempted to … with changing global priorities for tourism development. Tourism, as a means for community growth and upliftment is now … development, however, remains largely unexplored. This paper examines different levels of CSR commitment within Livingstone …

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Social Union, Migration and the Constitution: Integration at Risk

Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 3, pp. 04-11

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Social Union, Migration and the Constitution: Integration at Risk

Schellhorn, Kai M. - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 3, pp. 03-03

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European social integration: From convergence of countries to transnational relations between peoples

Delhey, Jan - Abteilung "Ungleichheit und soziale Integration", … - 2004

European countries are becoming increasingly politically integrated and the process of integration has accelerated in recent years. But how much social integration is there within the Community? This article supplies a definition of European social integration, and thereby lays down the...

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A practice based approach to forest governance

Arts, Bas; Behagel, Jelle; Turnhout, Esther; de Koning, … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 49 (2014) C, pp. 4-11

‘Forest governance’ refers to new modes of regulation in the forest sector, such as decentralized, community-based and market-oriented policy instruments and management approaches. Its main theoretical basis consists of two mainstream models: rational choice and neo-institutionalism. Since...

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011

How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries … these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn … innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses …

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