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Technical Change Through Global Value Chains: Evidence From Firms Worldwide

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the impact of global value chain (GVC) participation on firms' innovation, productivity, and other indicators of technical change. Our dataset encompasses heterogeneous firms from 144 countries at different income levels over the period 2006–2025.
Ivan Ledezma, Antonia López‐Villavicencio   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between children's feeding practices and the nutritional status of children 6–23 months in Lao PDR: Evidence from the Provincial Household Survey 2022

Reproductive, Female and Child Health
Purpose To investigate the association between children's feeding practices and the nutritional status of children 6–23 months in Lao PDR. Method The study is based on the latest Provincial Household Survey 2022 (PHS 2022). The WHO's guidelines were used
Kyle Taylor, Pany Sananikhom, Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Janneke Hartvig Blomberg, Prosper Dakurah, Vilon Viphongxay   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selection Bias in Aid Effectiveness: Evidence From Aid for Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether Aid for Trade promotes foreign direct investment using bilateral panel data over 2005–2019. Conventional estimators show mixed results across donors, with no significant effects for Japanese aid. To address potential selection bias, we employ a Bartik‐style instrumental variable exploiting donor sectoral ...
Wonjun Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Association between household food security, food production diversity, and women’s and children's dietary diversity in Lao PDR: evidence from the National Nutrition Sentinel Surveillance Survey

Agriculture & Food Security
Purpose This study examined how household food security and food production diversity impact minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD-W) and children (MDD).
Kyle Taylor, Pany Sananikhom, Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Janneke Hartvig Blomberg, Vilon Viphongxay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

CFD Analysis of Hydrodynamic Cavitation through an Orifice: Influence of Different Inlet Pressures and Number of Orifice Holes

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development
Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is considered an energy-efficient process with high potential for utilization in many chemical processes. This study presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of cavitating flow through an orifice with a constant
Lemthong Chanphavong, Vongsavanh Chanthaboune, Keophousone Phonhalath   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy poverty in the Lao PDR and its impacts on education and health

Energy Policy, 2019
The Lao PDR has experienced rapid growth and poverty reduction through its openness to trade, investment, and integration to the regional and world economy.
Sothea Oum
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 984-1004, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impacts of the US‐China Trade War on ASEAN Export Performance to the US: An Event‐Study Analysis

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The high industrial inputs reliance on China while having the US as its indispensable export market and key investor as well as source of technology transfers puts Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in an increasingly precarious situation as the US‐China trade war intensifies.
Aufa Doarest, Maria Monica Wihardja
wiley   +1 more source

Demographic Dynamics and International Trade: Stylized Facts and Theoretical Insights

Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 1806-1833, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Demographic change within a country has economic repercussions for other countries through international transactions. Ongoing shifts in population size and age structure across countries have important implications for international trade, operating through changes in market size, consumption preferences, and labor supply.
Kumuthini Sivathas
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular confirmation of the presence of the South American tomato leafminer, Phthorimaea absoluta Meyrick, 1917 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Lao PDR

Entomological Communications
Molecular confirmation of the presence of the tomato leafminer, Phthorimaea (Tuta) absoluta Meyrick, 1917 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in the Paksong region of the Bolaven Plateau in Champasak province in south-western Lao PDR is reported.
Viengvilay Vorlachith, Sengphet Phanthavong, Somkhit Sengsay, Salah Hafidi, Hang Thi Dao, Chanthason Vongtharone, Bouasa Xaisongkham, Kitan Sitthisay, George A. C. Beattie, Paul Holford, Tara Garrard, Sally Cowan, Lester W. Burgess   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source