Evaluating policy implementation involves assessment of the institutional performance of the institutional system in its locale. This paper highlights the importance of local conditions for effective policy implementation. Current literature suggesting that civic culture is an essential...

This study data are based on several sources including official documents that are statistical or economical, as well as specialized literature and fieldwork investigations in collaboration with national university research teams. The present reflection reports on few western African countries...

Resumen:El objetivo de este artículo es identificar y definir una tipología y clasificación las principales de sistemas / esquemas de garantía. Esto es necesario porque lo habitual es encontrarse con evaluaciones, análisis y clasificaciones de sistemas/esquemas de garantía meramente...

As this research seeks to bring to the fore benefits that have been or may be derived for SMEs from international trade and investment liberalization in Indonesia, it has three main questions: (1). how international trade and investment policy reforms affect local SMEs; (2) has growth of exports...

The study recommends the formulation of policies that support the development of business linkages and networking, and which promote subcontracting arrangements between small and large enterprises or between domestic firms and foreign investment enterprises. It is also necessary to support and...

Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and firms. Common knowledge stands that innovation is the cause of the increase of exports. However, contradicting empirical evidences are reported in the literature on the...