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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Economic Reforms"”.
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Changing Nature: Globalization and Economic Reforms in Brazil
… should pursue. Thus, based on the choice of economic model, nation-states shape their economies and the way business operates within it. In other words, governments will essentially steer their economies in a certain direction, even though they cannot determine the exact path that the …
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The organizational consequences of democracy : labor unions and economic reforms in contemporary Italy
… refused to come to terms with Italy's many macroeconomic imbalances by accepting wage moderation and promoting centralized collective bargaining. Beginning with the early 1990s, the Italian kbor movement radically changed its bargaining behavior and firmly embraced the cause of cooperation with …
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Implementing Economic Reforms in Mexico: The Washington Consensus as a Roadmap for Developing Countries
… an empirical analysis of the implementation of economic reforms in the areas of privatization, trade liberalization, and public expenditure priorities, using the Washington Consensus guidelines. Second, is to assess to continued viability of the Washington Consensus as a model for developing …
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A Humanist Perspective on Economic Policy: Ecuador's Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy, 2007-2017
This dissertation assesses Ecuador's economic policies during the Correa administration (2007 - 2017) from the perspective of human development. It aims to accomplish two objectives —one conceptual and one empirical. At the conceptual level, it brings together two intellectual traditions that are …
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The impact of the post-1993 economic reforms on Chinese state-owned enterprises:evidence from the electronics industry
Since 1979, China has embarked on a series of economic reform programmes, leading its socialist economy away from a Soviet planning model towards a much greater reliance on the market. In the course of the last twenty years, the Chinese economy has enjoyed a phenomenally high economic growth rate. …
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Economic reforms and product market integration in developing countries : an empirical investigation using retail prices in Zambia
In spite of extensive trade reforms, markets for goods and services are not fully integrated across countries. Less appreciated also is that product markets within countries are frequently not integrated. Barriers to trade within countries are shown to be as important in preventing product market …
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The subnational politics of structured adjustment in Argentina : the case of San Luis
The launching of liberal economic reforms in emerging democratic societies during the 1980s and 1990s arouse widespread scholarly interest. The Argentine policy shift to structural adjustment under President Carlos Menem (1989-1995 and 1995-1999) was largely regarded by the literature as a …
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The impact of corporatisation and management reform on the role and working life of managers in an Australian electricity utility: A triangulated study, 1994-2002
… and throughout the 1990's. Macro and micro economic reforms driven by significant government sponsored reports were considered central to Australia's efforts to improve its economic position. Underpinning this orthodoxy was the call for managerial responsibilities and incentives for managers …
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The opening of the Brazilian economy and the state of its firms and industries
… undertaken in this study is motivated by the new economic environment faced by Brazil's industry since the early 1990s. In addition to the set of price stabilization policies that the country had already been struggling with during the 1980s, major economic reforms towards a greater opening of the …
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Applying a Spatio-Temporal Approach to the Study of Urban Social Landscapes in Tianjin, China
China’s economic reforms of 1978, which led to the country’s transition from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy, ushered in a phase of accelerated urbanization. Influenced by the economic transition and taking advantage of its privileged geographic and historic position, Tianjin has …
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An evaluation of financial crisis in Thailand
After implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan (1961-1966), Thailand experienced increasing high rates of economic growth. However by mid 1997, Thailand's economy was slipping into the so-called "Thailand financial crisis": falling property prices, slowing exports, rising …
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Mozambique's post-conflict political economy :
… harm this poor economy. Also, neo-liberal economic policies have altered the role of state institutions, not eliminating state power, but redirecting it. This study challenges the neo-liberal claim that Mozambique's post-conflict political economy has been “revolutionary”. Economic reforms …
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Sustaining agricultural growth in China : a case for land privatization?
… System (HRS) in agrarian China after the 1978 economic reforms, agricultural productivity finally surpassed the levels in the early 1950s. This led to significant increases in Chinese peasants' real incomes but agricultural productivity began to decline after 1984 for a myriad of reasons. This …
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Stakeholder perspectives on corporate governance and accountability for development in Zambia
… as one of the impediments contributing to poor economic performance in most African countries. The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has recognised corporate governance as one of the fundamental factors for Africa's economic emancipation. Since independence in 1964, Zambia has …
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Chinese women : active revolutionaries or passive followers? : a history of the All-China Women's Federation, 1949 to 1996
… undergo fundamental changes as a result of its economic reforms during the 1980s and the 1990s.
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Cybernetics, AI and Modernisation in Contemporary China
… analyses of China’s development that emphasize economic reforms or organisational capabilities, this research aims to highlight the significant role of epistemology in China's modernisation journey. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the study reveals that how key knowledge production episodes …
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Legitimation crisis and the reforms in the non-socialist sector of the Hungarian economy in the 1980's
… throughout this decade due to the program of economic reforms undertaken by the Kadar regime. In particular, the introduction of new regulations which have for the first time permitted the development of small-scale private enterprise in the official economy, the tolerance shown towards some …
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Democracy - a tree without roots on the steppes of Central Asia
… rule. The structural analysis focuses on those economic and societal factors that impact the countryâ s ability to foster and sustain democratic reforms. For both countries, the complex interplay of clan politics and rampant corruption is the dominant factor in stifling democratic reforms. …
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