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Debt reduction for poverty eradication in the least developed countries: Analysis and recommendations on LDC debt [PDF]
, 2001 This paper reviews the main obstacles to human and social development posed by the current external debt burdens of the least development countries.
European Network on Debt and Development
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adopting a signaling perspective, this study examines whether corporate green patenting reduces the cost of equity by mitigating information asymmetry in capital markets. Using longitudinal panel data from South Korea, we find that green patenting—encapsulating technological innovation related to energy, environmental protection, and climate ...
Jeongdae Yim, Su‐Yol Lee
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From Baker to Brady: Can the new plan work?
Brazilian Journal of Political EconomyThe Brady Plan proposes to stimulate reforms and development in countries facing problems with their external debt through debt relief and debt servicing.
ROBERT DEVLIN
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The Double Charge of External Debt Servicing [PDF]
The approach proposed in the paper is rather unconventional, yet very rigorous. The paper set the proof of the iniquitous double charge laid on indebted countries when paying interest on their external debt.External Debt ...
Bernard Schmitt
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on firm‐size heterogeneity, this study examines how institutional reform reshapes the effects of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure on firm value. Using 2019–2023 panel data on 1427 Japanese listed firms (before and after the 2022 Tokyo Stock Exchange reorganization and Corporate Governance Code revision), this ...
Akio Nakashima, Kimitaka Nishitani
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Evolution of the Lao PDR’s External Debt since Its Reform and Opening Up
East Asian PolicyAs the least developed country with an extreme lack of financial resources, borrowing is an inevitable way for Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) to develop its economy.
Chunmeng ZOU, Xuemei FENG
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Financing Climate Action Through Fair Taxation: How SDG Engagement Reduces Corporate Tax Avoidance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition to a low‐carbon economy, central to achieving Paris Agreement targets and Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action), requires unprecedented public and private investment. A significant climate financing gap persists, however, exacerbated by corporate practices that erode the public revenue base.
Ahmed Aboud +3 more
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A two-edged sword: the impact of public debt on economic growth—the case of Ethiopia
Journal of Applied EconomicsThis study investigates the dynamic effects of public debt on economic growth in Ethiopia using annual data from 1980 to 2021. The results from the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) modeling approach reveal that while public debt boosts investment ...
Addis Yimer, Alemayehu Geda
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Debt Accumulation and Its Implications for Growth and Poverty [PDF]
Rising levels of debt and debt servicing, falling rates of investment, declining growth rates of output and employment, and sharp increase in poverty sum up the disappointing performance of Pakistan’s economy over the last decade.
A. R. Kemal
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable governance depends on the joint functioning of institutional quality, fiscal discipline, environmental performance, and socioeconomic inclusion. However, many composite indicators rely on subjective weighting schemes and leave the structural role of governance underspecified.
Ömer Faruk Rençber +3 more
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