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Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania

Bardasi, Elena - 2012

survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent …. Significant differences are observed across survey designs with respect to different labor statistics. Labor force participation … rates, for example, vary by as much as 10 percentage points across the four survey assignments. Using a short labor module …

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Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries

Grimm, Michael - 2014

Worldwide 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep employment rates at their current level. Governments, non-governmental organizations and donors spend on targeted programs and broader policies to enhance employment creation and the creation of new firms. Because most...

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Capital Account Policies, IMF Programs and Growth in Developing Regions

Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2015

This paper develops an adaptive learning model under uncertainty that examines evolution of capital account polices over time and across developing regions. In the framework, countries' past experiences and IMF programs influence policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account...

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Financial Constraints and Innovation : Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2015

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm …

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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

Almeida, Rita - 2007

This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological...

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Monetary Policy, Growth and Employment in Developing Areas : A Review of the Literature

Junankar, P. N. Raja - 2019

sometimes on output (GDP) levels and volatility of output. This survey of the literature on Monetary policy and growth shows …

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Remittances, Institutions and Economic Growth

Catrinescu, Natalia - 2007

There is considerable debate regarding the relative contribution of international migrants' remittances to sustainable economic development. While the rates and levels of officially recorded remittances to developing countries has increased enormously over the last decade, academic and...

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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research : With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - 2008

This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...

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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

Heshmati, Almas - 2014

A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...

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Pioneering a New Approach to Improving Working Conditions in Developing Countries : Better Factories Cambodia

Robertson, Raymond - 2020

The rise of global supply chains over the last three decades intensified international attention to the conditions endured by workers in poor countries. Collapsed buildings, fires and death created an imperative to address poor conditions. Consumers, non-governmental organizations,...

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