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    Industrial park development strategy and management practices

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    To support the export-driven industrial strategy, the Korean government established Korea Export Industrial Park (Guro Industrial Park) in the early 1960s, and established heavy and chemical industrial parks in Ulsan, Changwon and Yeocheon.
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    Strategy for the implementation of e-Government and the development and promotion of the leather and footwear industry of Ethiopia

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    The 2012 Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP) with Ethiopia was conducted by the Korea Development Institute (KDI), supervising agency of the project, which had prepared for the project in 2011. The focus of the 2012 KSP with Ethiopia was diverted into two directions, as covered by this report:
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    Small and medium enterprises legal system

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    The development of the Small and Medium Enterprises (‘SMEs’) is vital in terms of elevating competitiveness through fostering individual entrepreneurs in the domestic economy. The SMEs, particularly in the labor-intensive or capital-intensive industries, can successfully grow under constant affiliation with dominant large corporations.
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    Policy consultation on four targeted subjects for enhancing Pakistani competitiveness

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    Pakistan has been selected for the first time as a partner country of the South Korean Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP). The subjects of the 2012 KSP with Pakistan include:
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    Assessing competition in Philippine markets

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Since the 1980s, the Philippines implemented market-opening reforms such as trade liberalisation, deregulation, and privatisation in order to encourage competition in the economy. However, the overall impact of these reforms on growth, investment, and employment has been limited.
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    The determination of contracts in agricultural economies

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    This paper aims to analyse how contracts are determined and modified given diverse agricultural settings and to examine the implications of these changes with respect to their efficiency, distribution and sustainability.
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    Scenarios and options for productivity growth in Philippine agriculture: an application of the Agricultural Multimarket Model for Policy Evaluation (AMPLE)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    Sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth remains a development imperative in view of persistent rural poverty and emerging threats to food security. While growth can be achieved by expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through improvement in productivity is a promising option. However, productivity growth appears to be a relatively low priority for policy.
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    ASEAN Economic Community 2015: SME development - narrowing development gap measure

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    This paper evaluates the implementation of the 2010-2015 ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development and the 2004-2009 ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development. The initial interviews and survey results yielded low average effectiveness scores for the ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development.
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    Does innovation mediate good firm performance?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Private firms invest in physical capital and human resource but they are also advised to invest in innovations to be more productive and profitable. Innovations refer to the development, deployment, and economic utilization of new products, processes, and services. It is important for firms to know whether investment in innovations is investment well-spent.
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    The growth of micro and small, cluster based furniture manufacturing firms and their implications for poverty reduction in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2012
    Micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMEs) offer good examples of firm clustering and incipient entry points for industrial development in Tanzania. This study analyses the growth of cluster-based, micro and small furniture-manufacturing firms located in the Keko, Buguruni-Malapa, and Mbezi Beach kwa Komba industrial clusters.

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