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In general, we assume the potential of tourism as an engine of economic development. In fact, international financial institutions finance the implementation of tourism projects in order to contribute to the economic development of less advanced countries and thereby achieve their goals of reducing poverty and improving the quality of life of people. However, the reality is that many of these projects do not reach expectations.

This article carries out an analysis on the existence and characteristics of technological innovation clusters on 57 economies worldwide, and explores if differences in competitiveness among these economies can be explained by their belonging to a group or cluster.For that purpose, we have conducted an empirical study based on  technological innovation indicators included in  the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2009-2010 (WEF, 2009) and in the Competitiveness Index published by the Intern

The significant increase in foreign investment in the African extractive sector in the last decade has refuelled the debate on the effects on development of the rents generated in this sector. From the resource curse theory, it is argued that the negative effects pf these rents on development rents have to do basically with internal disfunctions, getting around the elements and external actors that shape and influence these internal features.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze what factors are driving the retirement savings of the Europeans. Our evidence is based on a sample of 4.526 individuals from eight European countries. The results show that although the percentage of savers for retirement varies widely across countries, the driving forces of the decision of saving for retirement are quite similar.

This paper studies the claims of Multinational Enterprises against Latinamerican States at international arbitration instances. As these claims stem from the subscription of multiple international agreements on investment, the convenience of such agreements for the achievement of develoment goals is at stake. Our work goes on revising the reactions of several of the region’s states in order to overcome the inconvenience of such claims, considering them insufficient.

This paper analyzes the links between business cycle correlation and trade intensity, sectoral specialization and higher degree of monetary and fiscal policy coordination. We apply the analysis to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEES) in relation to euro area over the period 2004-2006.