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We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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The current framework for improving aid effectiveness, the ‘Paris’ agenda of harmonization and alignment, has been found lacking. Alternatives are needed. This paper highlights some examples of recent innovations in the management and delivery of development aid. Drawing upon Barder (2009)...
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macroeconomic stability and growth. Second, the tools of macroeconomic policy-fiscal and monetary policy together with debt …
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This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …
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This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …
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In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …
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Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only attributes of firms but also the framework conditions within which … a multilevel model of innovation which connects micro and macro levels of analysis in an integrated framework. National … resources are used to leverage innovation. Nevertheless, the results also draw attention to the limits of the existing models …
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This article argues that the technological innovation is a contextual process whose relevance should be assessed …-Up varieties) are unlikely to meet the needs of most people, especially in countries where innovation and poverty reside side by … otherwise unsolved problems. We sketch a scarcity-induced innovation framework to analyze such paths and provide a brief account …
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