Intellectual property in Latin America: the impact of innovation subsidies on Chilean firms
EfD Authors:
Intellectual property is related to industrial property and copyright, and in both cases is considered to be an indicator of innovation and development. The study of innovation subsidies given to innovative firms has been widely reviewed in developed economies, but there is very little empirical evidence for developing countries. And this study looks to provide new insights into developing countries, which motivates the originality of this paper.
Workshop in Uganda addressed the challenges of Lake Victoria
EfD Uganda hosted a policy meeting at Makerere University in December 2020. High-level policymakers, researchers, and representatives from the private sector, over 60 people in all, participated…
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Reference number: PAR 2021/15
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Daniel Slunge joins the EfD team
EfD welcomes Daniel Slunge as a researcher and Policy Engagement Director. He started this position on January 1st and comes most recently from the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development…
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Foreign direct investment and economic growth. Analysis of sectoral foreign direct investment in Tanzania
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This paper assesses the role of foreign direct investment in economic growth by analyzing the contribution of sectoral external finance in Tanzania. Time series data from 1988 to 2017 and 1999 to 2017 for the general and sector‐specific foreign finance respectively is studied using time series econometrics techniques. More specifically, the autoregressive distributive lag bound test for cointegration and error correction model are employed to evaluate the impact of sector foreign direct investment on growth.
What drives ecologically sustainable fisheries? A fishery-country level data analysis using fishery performance indicators
The agreement is signed – Sida and EfD continues cooperation for sustainability and poverty alleviation in the Global South
Sida has decided to grant 160,000,000 SEK in continued support of the Environment for Development Initiative in the next four years. Thanks to Sida’s support, EfD will continue to address the most…
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Green economy program to be launched for East Africa
Environment for Development (EfD) and Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV) at the University of Gothenburg, collaborate in an extensive program for capacity development in five African…