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Lessons from Power Sector Reforms: The Case of Morocco 电力部门改革的教训:以摩洛哥为例

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-08-07 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8969

Zainab Usman, Tayeb Amegroud

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引用次数: 7

Data Regulation with Chinese Characteristics 中国特色的数据监管

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3430284

Henry Gao

引用次数: 5

Challenges of Industrial Policy to Enhance Competitiveness 提高竞争力的产业政策挑战

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-05-26 DOI: 10.1453/JEL.V6I2.1876

Charis Vlados, Dimos Chatzinikolaou

引用次数: 0

Chinese Aid in Africa: Attitudes and Conflict 中国对非洲的援助:态度与冲突

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-05-07 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3383978

Sulin Sardoschau, Alexandra Jarotschkin

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引用次数: 1

Learning from Power Sector Reform: The Case of the Philippines 从电力部门改革中学习:菲律宾的案例

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8853

R. Bacon

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引用次数: 6

Reinvigorating Growth in Belize 振兴伯利兹的经济增长

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.5089/9781484392188.001

D. Vasilyev

引用次数: 0

Laying the Tracks for Successful Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education: What Can We Learn from Comparisons of Immigrant–Native Achievement in the USA? 为成功的科学、技术、工程和数学教育铺路:我们能从美国移民与本土成就的比较中学到什么?

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0106.12213

Ning Jia

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引用次数: 8

Unintended Consequences of China's New Labor Contract Law on Unemployment and Welfare Loss of the Workers 新《劳动合同法》对劳动者失业和福利损失的意外后果

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/J.CHIECO.2018.08.008

Randall K. Q. Akee, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao

引用次数: 13

Industrial Growth Constraints in 2018: Enterprises’ Opinion 2018年工业增长制约因素:企业意见

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2018-12-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3304505

S. Tsukhlo

引用次数: 0

Policy and Misallocation 政策与分配不当

Emerging Markets Economics: Industrial Policy & Regulation eJournal Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3288691

Ana María Herrera, Steven Lugauer, Guowen Chen

引用次数: 0