economic development

Description The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of the creative city, the factors conditioning creativity in cities and how they stimulate urban innovation and local development. Furthermore, by way of examples, the paper aims to illustrate two emblematic case studies and the...

Description The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between culture and tourism, and the urban re-development process in Istanbul International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Culture, tourism and regeneration process in Istanbul Ferhan Gezici Ebru...

Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the process by which Istanbul is transforming into a world city, examining the impact of the recent growth of cultural activities in the city. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Istanbul as a world city: a...

Description The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the special issue on creative cities and cultural spaces, as offering new perspectives for tourism. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Creative cities and cultural spaces: new perspectives for city tourism...

Description The objective of this paper is to study the interactions between economic liberalisation, political liberalisation, and financial development in African countries. More specifically, the paper seeks to establish the impact of economic, political, and institutional openness on...

Description The Indian e-commerce market was worth 75,000 crore, in 2013, according to a joint report by KPMG and Internet and Mobile Association of India. India has the potential to double its economic contribution via Internet, from 1.6 percent GDP at present to 2.8 and 3.3 percent by 2015...

Description In a developing country like India, Small Scale Entrepreneurship plays a significant role in economic development of the country. These industries, by and large represent a stage in economic transition from traditional to modern technology after globalization. The variation in...

Description Africa has been hard hit with poverty and disease and this has had an immense effect on the quality of social, cultural and political lives of the people. This has made development to move at a very slow pace in the last decades. But the presence of information and communication...

Description Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Enhancing Local Economic Development The paper discusses the foundations for establishing a viable and sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry and the opportunities it offers against the challenges...

Description That part of economics which deals with inter-relationship between environment and economic development and studies the ways and means by which the former is not impaired nor is the latter impeded. Economics Environment MATHIVANAN K. MBA 2014 SOURASHTRA COLLEGE, MADURAI I...

Description Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Economic development can also be referred to as the quantitative and qualitative changes in the...

Description Inflation targeting is an economic policy in which a central bank estimates and makes public a projected, or "target", inflation rate and then attempts to steer actual inflation towards the target through the use of interest rate changes and other monetary tools G-24 Policy Brief...

Description Trade can be a key factor in economic development. The prudent use of trade can boost a country's development and create absolute gains for the trading partners involved. USAID/India Commodity Futures Markets Project: FINAL REPORT USAID Contract No: FFP-I-00-04-00095-00 Order No ...

Description Everyone wants a better place to live. Some people want better homes and housing, while other people want better schools, more jobs, better shops, or cleaner and safer streets. ABSTRACT Title of dissertation: CIVIL LIBERTIES, MOBILITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ariel BenYishay...

Description Economic development is the growth of the standard of living of a country's people from a low-income (poor) country to a high-income (rich) economy. (Project Name: Capital Market Development, Debt Management and Pension Reform Technical Assistance Project [Project ID: P113834]...

Description Economic development can also be referred to as the quantitative and qualitative changes in the economy. Strategies for Economic Improvement in Appalachia’s Distressed Rural Counties 1 Introduction In April 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson visited the rural home of Tom Fletcher...

Description Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Economic development can also be referred to as the quantitative and qualitative changes in the...

Description Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Creativity in Economic Development: Space in an Inferno Silvia Sacchetti and Roger Sugden Institute...

Description Financial Reports on Direction of Causation between FDI and Economic Development in India during Post-reforms Era (1991-2010): A VAR Modeling Approach, Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard...

FDI is seen as a means to supplement domestic investment for achieving a higher level of economic growth and development. FDI benefits domestic industry as well as the Indian consumers by providing opportunities for technological up-gradation, access to global managerial skills and practices...