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DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN REGIONS OF LATVIA
2021
For successful economic transition to the new stage of development improvements in business environment, as also the entrepreneurswho are ready to start your own business and to set up new companies. One of the main challenges the EU Member States face isthe need to boost their level of entrepreneurship and to become more competitive in the global market. That was one of the mainobjectives set by the Lisbon European Council, in March 2000, with a view to improving the Union’s performance in terms of employment,economic reform and social cohesion. Entrepreneurship is not only a driving force in the creation of new jobs, but it alsoincreases and enhances competitiveness and growth, personal f…
Spanish‐Moroccan Economic Relations
1997
The prospects for an effective Euro‐Mediterranean Partnership depend in part on some key bilateral relationships, one of which is the subject of this study. Spanish‐Moroccan relations constitute an important example of North‐South relations in the Mediterranean, although naturally some of their features are specific to the countries involved. While economic relations between Spain and Morocco are competitive in certain areas, the broader picture is of complementary interests which are likely to grow as the development of these countries intensifies. A programme of economic reform since the 1980s has prepared Morocco for greater development cooperation with Spain and the EU, but the economy …
La concepción gubernamental del desarrollo local en cuba, déficits y limitaciones
2016
Resumen . Cuba presenta una realidad politica, economica y social que en gran medida dificulta la aplicacion de politicas de desarrollo local. Esto se debe, fundamentalmente, al centralizador poder estatal; el que impide no solo la puesta en marcha de novedosos disenos de proyectos locales, sino que ademas impide a algunos de sus propios organismos llevar a termino tal cometido. El gobierno revolucionario instaurado en 1959 tuvo entre sus primeras medidas reducir la capacidad juridica de los municipios. En la decada de los anos 90, luego del derrumbe del campo socialista, el gobierno redirigio su politica economica para garantizar su supervivencia en el mundo capitalista. La reforma implico…
Rewards of reforms: Can economic freedom and reforms in developing countries reduce the brain drain?
2019
The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of economic freedom on brain drain from developing countries to rich countries. Previous literature on brain drain has examined social, political and economic determinants. However, no study in the literature so far has studied this proposed relationship. We employ the Economic Freedom Index sourced from the Fraser Institute as a proxy for economic freedom and the rate of moderately skilled and highly skilled emigration functions as a proxy for brain drain. Our sample consists of 142 countries covering the period 1990–2010. We estimate the results using a two-way fixed effects regression estimator. The results show that an increase in…
What is next for the Washington consensus? The fifteenth anniversary, 1989-2004.
2004
Winter2004/2005, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p, 7p; (AN 15818079); International audience; The article reports on the fifteenth anniversary of the Washington consensus with special focus on the past fifteen years accomplishments. Washington consensus was promulgated in 1989. In the past fifteen years, the United States saw some impressive growth with strong employment, low inflation, and high productivity gains, while emerging countries were hit by a string of financial crises. It states that the economic performance of developing countries in the past 15 years is disappointing at best, alarming at worst. It talks about the contributions of globalization in redefining the international currency stage.…