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    Trade and access to finance of SMEs: is there a nexus?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Limited resources and barriers to entry are critically higher for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) than for large companies. One of the reasons explaining why the resources of SMEs are scarce is their limited access to financial services. This, in turn, reduces their likelihood of exporting.
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    Increased Chinese engagement in South Africa’s economy – strategies, opportunities and future implications

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2015
    China and South Africa’s relationship has deepened in recent years. Extensive political structures, such as South Africa’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement with China, provide opportunities for bettering local development.
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    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative

    The China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) is based at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
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    Regional patterns of manufacturing industries: a study of manufacturing industries in Java Region, Indonesia

    Philippine Journal of Development, 2010
    Previous studies on geographical distribution of economic activity in Indonesia demonstrate that firms are localized in major metropolitan areas as well as a set of emerging regions.
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    Impact of the rice trade policy reforms on household welfare in the Philippines

    Philippine Journal of Development, 2010
    The effects of rice trade policy reforms on household welfare, as indicated by changes in consumer and producer prices, are analysed in this paper using nonparametric regression and density estimation. Since many households in the Philippines are consumers and producers of rice, the net benefit ratio (NBR) was used to measure the change in household welfare given changes in prices.
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    The Philippine manufacturing industry roadmap: agenda for new industrial policy, high productivity jobs, and inclusive growth

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    In the light of the weak performance of the Philippine manufacturing industry and the absence of structural transformation of the economy from agriculture to manufacturing in the last two decades, the paper calls for the implementation of a new industrial policy.
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    A Review of build-operate-transfer for infrastructure development

    2001
    The Philippines has used the Build-operate-transfer (BOT) Law as amended to motivate private sector provision of infrastructure. After a brief period of success in using the BOT approach to provide infrastructure, the country faces a loss of interest and retreat by private investors in this mode of infrastructure provision.
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    Economic crisis...once more

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001
    This book is a collection of 15 exhaustive studies on the recent East Asian financial crisis.
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    The Philippines beyond 2000: an economic assessment

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The performance of the Philippine economy from 1987 to 1997 can be summed up in two statements. One, despite significant gains in almost all sectors, the Philippines still lags behind its neighbors. Two, while there has been a marked improvement in the investment climate, there has been a notable lag in the progress of microeconomic reforms.
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    Toward a national competition policy for the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    After more than three decades of protectionism, the Philippines is now shifting toward a more open economy through liberalization, deregulation, and privatization. The reforms that started in the mid-1980s have contributed to moving the economy toward a more market-friendly policy environment.

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