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Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos & Wondimagegn Tesfaye, 2018, The heterogeneous effect of shocks on agricultural innovations adoption: Microeconometric evidence from rural Ethiopia, Food Policy, 74: 154-161, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.12.010
Bruni, Vittorio & Ortrun Merkle, 2018, Gendered effects of corruption on the Central Mediterranean route, ECDPM GREAT Insights Magazine, 7(1 (Winter 2018)), More information
Naudé, Wim & Paula Nagler, 2018, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Productivity in Germany, 1871-2015, University of Sussex, UK, SPRU Working Paper Series 2018-02, More information
Dietrich, Stephan & Franziska Gassmann, 2018, Rates of Return to Social Protection: Social Cash Transfers in Uganda, UNU Policy Brief, Number 2, 2018, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara & Franziska Gassmann, 2018, The Economic Impacts of Social Cash Transfers in Integrated and Remote Areas in Uganda, UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2018, More information
Keijser, Charlotte & Michiko Iizuka, 2018, Looking Beyond Global Value Chains in Capacity Development: The Case of the IT-Enabled Service (ITES) Sector in South Africa, European Journal of Development Research
, 30(3): 442-461, DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.1057/s41287-017-0110-7, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, Patrick Llewellin & Franziska Gassmann, 2018, The economic impacts of a social pension on recipient households with unequal access to markets in Uganda, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-006 | Abstract
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree, 2018, Regulating the digital economy: Are we moving towards a 'win-win' or a 'lose-lose'?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-005 | Abstract
Laar, Mindel van de & Oksana Celbis, 2018, Turning research ideas into full proposals, EPRM programme related blog, More information
Laar, Mindel van de & Katerina Triantos, 2018, Knowledge is power when choosing a track: How online tools help students & tutors alike, SURF Project "Smart Choices and Smart Tools" blog, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, Franziska Gassmann & Firminus Mugumya, 2018, The relevance of local structures for economic multiplier effects of social pensions in Uganda, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-004 | Abstract
Fu, Xiaolan, Pierre Mohnen & Giacomo Zanello, 2018, Innovation and productivity in formal and informal firms in Ghana, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 131: 315-325, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.009, More information
Rõigas, K., Pierre Mohnen & U. Varblane, 2018, Which firms use universities as cooperation partners? A comparative view in Europe, International Journal of Technology Management, 76(1/2): 32-57, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2018.10009595, More information
Porcile, Gabriel & Danilo Spinola, 2018, Natural, effective and BOP-constrained rates of growth: Adjustment mechanisms and closure equations, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-003 | Abstract
Spinola, Danilo, 2018, Instability constraints and development traps: An empirical analysis of growth cycles and economic volatility in Latin America, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-002 | Abstract
Tirivayi, Nyasha & Wim Groot, 2018, Does integrating AIDS treatment with food assistance affect labor supply? Evidence from Zambia, Economics and Human Biology, 28: 79-91, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2017.11.006, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2018, The serendipity theorem for an endogenous open economy growth model, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-001 | Abstract
Nagler, Paula & Wim Naudé, 2018, Nonfarm Enterprises in Rural Africa, in: Christiaensen, L. and Demery, L. eds, Agriculture in Africa: Telling Myths from Facts, The World Bank, Washington DC
Volante, Louis (ed.), 2018, The PISA Effect on Global Educational Governance, Routledge Press, New York & London, More information
Martorano, Bruno, 2018, Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Latin America over the period 1990 - 2015, Review of Development Economics, 22(1): 67-90, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12329, More information
Vanore, Michaella, Melissa Siegel, Franziska Gassmann & Jennifer Waidler, 2018, Adult Child Migration and Elderly Multidimensional Well-Being: Comparative Analysis Between Moldova and Georgia, Research on Aging, 40(7): 599-622, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027517723077, More information
Wako, Hassen, 2018, Aid, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous donors and heterogeneous responses, Review of Development Economics, 22(1): 23-44, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12319, More information
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Fading Hope and the Rise in Inequality in the United States, Eurasian Business Review, 8(1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-016-0071-3, More information
Belderbos, René, Bart Leten, B. van Looy & A. Geerts, 2018, Does Spatial Ambidexterity Pay Off? On the benefits of geographic proximity between technology exploitation and exploration, Journal of Product Innovation Management
, 35(2): 151-163, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12380, More information
Gassmann, Franziska, Melissa Siegel, Michaella Vanore & Jennifer Waidler, 2018, Unpacking the Relationship between Parental Migration and Child well-Being: Evidence from Moldova and Georgia, Child Indicators Research, 11(2): 423-440, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9461-z, More information
Waidler, Jennifer, Michaella Vanore, Franziska Gassmann & Melissa Siegel, 2018, Migration and the Multi-Dimensional Well-Being of Elderly Persons in Georgia, Journal of Population Ageing, 11(3): 217-238, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-017-9176-4, More information
Konte, Maty, 2018, Do remittances not promote growth? A finite mixture-of-regressions approach, Empirical Economics
, 54(2): 747-782, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-016-1224-z, More information
Celbis, Mehmet Guney & Denis de Crombrugghe, 2018, Internet infrastructure and regional convergence: Evidence from Turkey, Papers in Regional Science, 97(2): 387-409, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12244, More information
Nour, Samia S. O. M., 2018, The impact of ICT in public and private universities in Sudan, the Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 9(4): 1391-1414, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-016-0429-x, More information
Gassmann, Franziska & S.W. Handayani, 2017, Closing the Gap: Potential Contribution of Social Assistance for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, ADB Briefs, 80, Asian Development Bank, Manila, More information
Sirtori, Emanuela, E. Vallino & Silvia Vignetti, 2017, Testing intervention theory using Bayesian Network Analysis: evidence from a pilot exercise on SMEs support, in: Pokorski J., Popis Z, Wyszynska T and Hermann-Pawlowska K (eds), Theory-based evaluation in complex environment, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Poland
Genco, M., Emanuela Sirtori & Silvia Vignetti, 2017, Chapter 12 - The economic development effect of a transhipment port. The case of Gioia Tauro, in: Monios J. and Wilmsmeier G. (eds), Maritime Mobilities, Routledge, UK
Chen, Jiawen , 2017, Why Economic Sanctions on North Korea Fail to Work?, China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, 3(4): 513-534, More information
Esenaliev, Damir & Gulzhan Asylbek kyzy, Jun 2017, “Eurasian Economic Union policies and practice in Kyrgyzstan”, SIPRI Topical backgrounder. (June 2017)
Martinez, Catalina & Pluvia Zuniga, 2017, Contracting for technology transfer: patent licensing and know-how in Brazil, Industry and Innovation, 24(6): 659-689, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2016.1263889, More information
Kemp, René, Eva Bartekova & Serdar Turkeli, 2017, The Innovation Trajectory of Eco-Cement in the Netherlands, International Economics and Economic Policy, 14(3): 409-429, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-017-0384-4, More information
Mathew, Nanditha, 2017, Drivers of firm growth: micro-evidence from Indian manufacturing, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 27(3)
Dosi, Giovanni, Marco Grazzi & Nanditha Mathew, 2017, The cost-quantity relations and the diverse patterns of “learning by doing”: Evidence from India, Research Policy, 46(10)
Konte, Maty, 2017, Measuring Land Property Rights, Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Political Instability in Senegal (1819–2010), Journal of Development Perspectives, 1: 54-74, More information
Mueller, Charlotte, Katherine Kuschminder & Sarah Langley, 2017, Connecting Diaspora for Development: Baseline Report, Research report commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), More information
OECD, Development Centre & Lisa Andersson, Feb 2017, Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development, OECD Publishing, DOI: https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264265615-en, More information
Notten, Ad, Martin Rehm, Frank Cornelissen & Alan Daly, Apr 17, 2017, To Go Beyond...New Frontiers for Analyzing Social Networking Sites for Educational Policy & Practice, American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, Texas
Fransen, Sonja & Melissa Siegel, 2017, The multi-dimensional reintegration of first- and second-generation returned children, in: M. Ensor and E. Gozdziak, Children and Forced Migration: Durable Solutions during Transient Years, Palgrave Macmillan, London
Fransen, Sonja & Carlos Vargas-Silva, 2017, Return migration and economic outcomes in the conflict context, World Development, 95: 196-210, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.02.015, More information
Gebreeyesus, Mulu, Birhanu Beshah & Girum Abebe, Apr 2017, Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Options for Effective Use to Stimulate Industrialization, PSRC and EDRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, More information
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz & Danilo Spinola, Oct 2017, “Balanced and unbalanced trade in Latin America: A network analysis”, Festival for New Economic Thinking, Scotland, UK
Guillard, Charlotte & Monica Salazar (eds.), 2017, The experience in innovation surveys of selected Latin American countries, IDB Discussion papers. Washington DC(530)
Pietrobelli, Carlo & G.A. McDermott, 2017, Walking Before You Can Run: The Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions for Emerging Market SMEs, in: T. Pedersen, T.M. Devinney , L. Tihanyi , A. Camuffo, Breaking up the Global Value Chain (Advances in International Management, Volume 30), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley
Pietrobelli, Carlo & Cornelia Staritz, 2017, “Cadenas globales de valor y políticas de desarrollo”, in: Basave, Jorge & Carrillo, Jorge, Innovación y desarrollo. Una mirada global para entender a las multinacionales en América Latina, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, More information
Sheraz, Umar & A. Baseer Qazi, 2017, A study on Pakistan’s Digital Library, A report discussing the findings of a study carried out to assess the impact of the Digital Library (DL) programme in Pakistan, INASP Publications, More information