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2017
2017-034	How inequality hurts growth: Revisiting the Galor-Zeira model through a Korean case Bogang Jun, Mary Kaltenberg & Won-Sik Hwang full text \| abstract

2017-033	Economic diversification: Explaining the pattern of diversification in the global economy and its implications for fostering diversification in poorer countries Clovis Freire Junior full text \| abstract

2017-032	The need to customise innovation indicators in developing countries Michiko Iizuka & Hugo Hollanders full text \| abstract

2017-031	Husbands' return migration and wives' occupational choices Clotilde Mahé full text \| abstract

2017-030	Opening and linking up: Firms, global value chains and productivity in Latin America Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci & Carlo Pietrobelli full text \| abstract

2017-029	Social protection investments, human capital, and income growth: Simulating the returns to social cash transfers in Uganda Stephan Dietrich, Daniele Malerba, Armando Barrientos, Franziska Gassmann, Pierre Mohnen, Nyasha Tirivayi, Susan Kavuma & Fred Matovu full text \| abstract

2017-028	Willingness to pay for agricultural risk insurance as a strategy to adapt climate change Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text \| abstract

2017-027	Heterogeneous effects of bilateral investment treaties Rod Falvey & Neil Foster-McGregor full text \| abstract

2017-026	Sanitation challenges of the poor in urban and rural settings: Case studies of Bengaluru City and rural North Karnataka Manasi Seshaiah, Latha Nagesh & Hemalatha Ramesh full text \| abstract

2017-025	Indigenous knowledge for sustainable livelihoods: Lessons from ecological pest control and post-harvest techniques of Baduy (West Java) and Nguni (Southern Africa) Leeja C Korina & Alexis Habiyaremye full text \| abstract

2017-024	Estimating the impact of sericulture adoption on farmer income in Rwanda: an application of propensity score matching Alexis Habiyaremye full text \| abstract

2017-023	Regional analysis of sanitation performance in India Debasree Bose & Arijita Dutta full text \| abstract

2017-022	The role of migration-specific and migration-relevant policies in migrant decision-making in transit Katherine Kuschminder & Khalid Koser full text \| abstract

2017-021	The productivity effect of public R&D in the Netherlands Luc Soete, Bart Verspagen & Thomas Ziesemer full text \| abstract

2017-020	Role of WASH and Agency in Health: A study of isolated rural communities in Nilgiris and Jalpaiguri Shyama V. Ramani full text \| abstract

2017-019	Innovation policy & labour productivity growth: Education, research & development, government effectiveness and business policy Mueid Al Raee, Jo Ritzen & Denis de Crombrugghe full text \| abstract

2017-018	Challenged by migration: Europe's options Amelie Constant & Klaus F. Zimmermann full text \| abstract

2017-017	Effects of health insurance on labour supply: A systematic review Nga Le Thi Quynh, Wim Groot, Sonila Tomini & Florian Tomini full text \| abstract

2017-016	Post-conflict peacebuilding: A critical survey of the literature and avenues for future research Ayokunu Adedokun full text \| abstract

2017-015	Emerging challenges to long-term peace and security in Mozambique Ayokunu Adedokun full text \| abstract

2017-014	Transition from civil war to peace: The role of the United Nations and international community in Mozambique Ayokunu Adedokun full text \| abstract

2017-013	Is innovation destroying jobs? Firm-level evidence from the EU Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli full text \| abstract

2017-012	Pathways for capacity building in heterogeneous value chains: Evidence from the case of IT-enabled services in South Africa Charlotte Keijser & Michiko Iizuka full text \| abstract

2017-011	Do authoritarian regimes receive more Chinese development finance than democratic ones? Empirical evidence for Africa Tobias Broich full text \| abstract

2017-010	U.S. and Soviet foreign aid during the Cold War: A case study of Ethiopia Tobias Broich full text \| abstract

2017-009	Financing rural households and its impact: Evidence from randomized field experiment data Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text \| abstract

2017-008	Impact of agricultural technology adoption on market participation in the rural social network system Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text \| abstract

2017-007	Productivity and household welfare impact of technology adoption: Micro-level evidence from rural Ethiopia Tigist Mekonnen Melesse full text \| abstract

2017-006	How development aid explains (or not) the rise and fall of insurgent attacks in Iraq Pui-hang Wong full text \| abstract

2017-005	Country risk, FDI flows and convergence trends in the context of the Investment Development Path Jonas Hub Frenken & Dorcas Mbuvi full text \| abstract

2017-004	Labour mobility through business visits as a way to foster productivity Mariacristina Piva, Massimiliano Tani & Marco Vivarelli full text \| abstract

2017-003	Impact of the Great Recession on industry unemployment: a 1976-2011 comparison Yelena Takhtamanova & Eva Sierminska full text \| abstract

2017-002	Fostering social mobility: The case of the 'Bono de Desarrollo Humano' in Ecuador Andres Mideros Mora & Franziska Gassmann full text \| abstract

2017-001	The economic impact of East-West migration on the European Union Martin Kahanec & Mariola Pytliková full text \| abstract

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