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Two centuries ago, in most countries around the world, women were unable to vote, had no say over their own children or property, and could not obtain a divorce. Women have gradually gained rights in many areas of life, and this legal expansion has been closely intertwined with economic...
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1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture, a matter of interaction between technology, progress and economic growth … (HKSAR) : an exploratory study of organization-specific critical success factors -- 3. Knowledge management, institutions and … of hope? -- 7. Entrepreneurship and the design process : the paradox of innovation in a routine design process -- 8 …
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In this working paper, we decompose fiscal policy in three components: i) responsiveness, ii) persistence and iii) discretion. Using a sample of 132 countries, our results point out that fiscal policy tends to be more persistent than responding to output variations. We also found that while the...
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This paper provides a factual baseline of the extent to which refugees and internally displaced persons are included in development planning, specifically in the national development plans and sector plans of low- and middle-income countries; in the international development co-operation...
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Honoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching willingness to question conventional wisdom as to how this...
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This volume contains 14 original chapters focusing on various aspects of economic organization and behaviour, mostly based on empirical fieldwork conducted by the authors themselves. It is a well-balanced collection of chapters on economic issues studied anthropologically, not only in its...
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Data on global trade as well as capital and labor flows indicate a slowdown, but not reversal, of globalization post the 2008-09 financial crisis. Yet profound changes in the policy environment and public sentiment in the largest economies over the past five years suggest the beginning of a new...
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Wissensintensivierung der Produktionsprozesse aufholende Entwicklung erschwert wird. Während die ost- und mitteleuropäischen … stehen. Finanz- und Währungskrisen werfen Schatten auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in anderen Regionen der Welt. -- Die …
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