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Impact of U.S. Market Access on Local Labor Markets in Vietnam 美国市场准入对越南当地劳动力市场的影响

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-03-13 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8366

Trung X. Hoang, Ha Nguyen

引用次数: 2

Do Developing Countries Enjoy Faster Poverty Reduction as Their Initial Poverty Incidences Decline Over Time? A Dynamic Panel Analysis 随着时间的推移，发展中国家的初始贫困率下降，它们的减贫速度会更快吗?动态面板分析

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3153353

Yusi Ouyang, A. Shimeles, E. Thorbecke

引用次数: 2

Poverty and Development in Tanzania 坦桑尼亚的贫困与发展

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3241305

Riccardo Pelizzo, Lucas Katera, Stephen Mwombela, Lulu Olan’g

引用次数: 0

Migrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobs: Insights from Tanzania 移民、城镇、贫困和就业:来自坦桑尼亚的见解

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-02-14 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8340

L. Christiaensen, Joachim De Weerdt, Bert Ingelaere, R. Kanbur

引用次数: 9

Policy Learning, Evaluation, and Aid Effectiveness: Mining Lessons on Project and Program Success from the Asian Development Bank 政策学习、评估和援助有效性:从亚洲开发银行挖掘项目和计划成功的经验教训

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-02-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3116624

Michael Howlett, N. Goyal

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引用次数: 0

Good and Useless FDI: The Growth Effects of Greenfield Investment and Mergers and Acquisitions FDI的好与坏:绿地投资与并购的增长效应

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-02-01 DOI: 10.1111/roie.12302

Philipp Harms, Pierre‐Guillaume Méon

引用次数: 57

Demographics and FDI: Lessons from China's One-Child Policy 人口与外国直接投资:中国独生子女政策的教训

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3289940

J. Donaldson, Christos Koulovatianos, Jian Li, R. Mehra

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引用次数: 1

'Yes-Man' Firms: Government Campaigns and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China “唯唯诺诺”的企业:中国企业的政府活动与政策定位

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2017-12-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2925386

Megumi Naoi, Weiyi Shi, Boliang Zhu

引用次数: 3

The Whys of Social Exclusion: Insights from Behavioral Economics 社会排斥的原因:来自行为经济学的见解

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2017-12-11 DOI: 10.1093/WBRO/LKX010

K. Hoff, J. Walsh

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引用次数: 22

A Meta‐Analysis of the Indirect Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in Old and New EU Member States: Understanding Productivity Spillovers 外国直接投资对欧盟新老成员国间接影响的Meta分析:理解生产率溢出效应

Political Economy - Development: International Development Efforts & Strategies eJournal Pub Date : 2017-12-07 DOI: 10.1111/twec.12587

Randolph Luca Bruno, M. Cipollina

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引用次数: 28