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Terrorism And Growth: Evidence From India And Egypt, Nibal Ezz Eldin Attia Nibal, Ahmed Sabry Abou Zaid

Future Journal of Social Science

The impact of terrorism is different in developed and developing countries, according to many economists. But what leads to variation in the consequences of terrorism among two developing countries? This paper takes into account two developing countries from two different continents and quantifies the impact of terrorism on GDP per capita. The data is extracted and arranged from the Global Terrorism Index (Humanity, n.d.) for India and Egypt from the years 1975-2018 and 1977-2018, respectively. A set of statistical analyses using the OLS and Newey-West method is used to examine the relationship between the variables. For India, an act of …

Covid-19 Crisis, Impacts On Catholic Schools, And Potential Responses: Introduction, Quentin Wodon

Journal of Catholic Education

The COVID-19 crisis has generated unprecedented challenges for Catholic schools and their students, as is the case for other school networks. First, school closures have affected 9 in 10 school-aged children globally, with risks for the children’s ability to learn when the schools are closed, and later return to school when the crisis subsides. Second, the economic recession generated by the crisis will not only affect children, but also in some cases the ability of Catholic and other private schools to maintain their enrollment, and thereby their financial sustainability, at least in countries where the schools do not benefit from …

China's Experience In Organizing Cooperations In Farms, Asliddin Junaydullaevich Abdulloev

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

This article highlights the specific features of cooperative relations in agriculture, the need for their formation and development. It considers the ways of solving problems on the basis of the Chinese experience. In the future, the process of liquidation of farms will naturally continue to consider them in the development of the organization can be considered.

Balancing Inward Oriented Strategies With Outward Oriented Strategies: A Case For Nigeria's Industrialization, Tosin K.W. Gbadegesin

Young African Leaders Journal of Development

The World Bank has over the years urged poor nations to adopt development strategies which emphasize export promotion. The first group of developing countries to shift from an inward-oriented to outward-oriented approach to development were located in the far east, specifically Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea. But, with export-led growth, firms produce according to their long-term comparative advantage. Nigeria in recognition of the importance of industrialization to economic growth and development has adopted various policies, incentives and schemes since her independence to promote industrialization. This paper therefore posited that there is more than one approach to the problem rocking Nigeria's …

Characteristics Of Enterprises In Developing Countries Participating In Global Value Chains, S. Azam

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

In recent decades, the rapid development of the international division of labor has led to the fact that the production of the same product and related procedures have been carried out by several countries of the world. Due to this, the share of intermediate goods and components, as well as services, is increasing in the structure of world trade. The development of the Internet and ICT has led to the emergence of new activities such as electronic commerce, outsourcing and offshoring. Economic development has become more dependent on innovative technological development, foreign direct investment and the activities of transnational corporations …

The Impact Of Mobile Technology On Micro And Small Enterprises In Zimbabwe In The Post-Hyperinflation Economic Era, Gamuchirai B. Perekwa, Tania Prinsloo, Jp Van Deventer

The African Journal of Information Systems

This paper investigates the impact of mobile technology on Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in the developing world in the post-hyperinflation era. Data was collected from a multi-staged sample of 114 MSE owners within the capital province of Zimbabwe, namely Harare. The data was collected and analysed using descriptive quantitative survey methods, which comprised of hard-copy questionnaires, structured interviews and online questionnaires.

The findings suggest that mobile technology has incremental, transformational and production influence on MSEs in Zimbabwe. The findings show that mobile technology amplifies communication and relations with customers, MSE’s productivity and MSE’s revenues. Mobile technology is also spurring …

Managing Oil Price Risks In Developing Countries: A Review, Chioma P. Nwosu

Economic and Financial Review

This is a review of the article “managing oil price risks in developing countries” by-Julia Devin and Sheridan Titman, World Bank Research Observer 2004, Vol 19, No 1

Effect Of Financial Globalization On Developing Countries: Some Empirical Evidence By Eswar S. Prasad Et Al - A Review., Margaret Johnson-Hilili

Economic and Financial Review

A review of the paper "Effect of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries: Some Empirical Evidence" by Eswar S. Prasad. This paper provides an assessment of empirical evidence on the effect of financial globalization on developing economies. The authors used dejure restrictions on capital flows and actual capital flows across national borders in measuring the extent of a country's financial integration with the global economy.

Crowding-Out And Crowding-In Effects Of Policy Reforms In Developing Countries, Odozi A, Victor

Bullion

This paper discusses the interplay of crowding-out and crowding-in effects of policy reforms in the context of growth-oriented adjustment programs in developing countries, and to highlight some of the policy implications. A discussion of the nature and determinants of the two phenomena in a developing-country content is given in Section ll. Section lll presents some conclusions and practical implications of the analysis.