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Growth poles and multipolarity
Adams-Kane, Jonathon; Lim, Jamus Jerome - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
polarity values for nation states in the global economy. The calculations suggest that China, Western Europe, and the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144155
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Explaining local manufacturing growth in Chile : the advantages of sectoral diversity
Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana M. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
This paper investigates whether the agglomeration of economic activity in regional clusters affects long-run manufacturing total factor productivity growth in an emerging market context. It explores a large firm-level panel dataset for Chile during a period characterized by high growth rates and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364049
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Employment growth patterns in South Asia : some evidence from interim enterprise survey data
Friesenbichler, Klaus - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
This paper analyzes firm growth patterns in South Asia, using establishment level data from an Interim Enterprise Survey. The survey was conducted by the World Bank in 2009 and 2010 and covers seven countries in the region. The first finding suggests that size in the base year gains importance...
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Growth still is good for the poor
Dollar, David; Kleineberg, Tatjana; Kraay, Aart - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Incomes in the poorest two quintiles on average increase at the same rate as overall average incomes. This is because, in a global dataset spanning 118 countries over the past four decades, changes in the share of income of the poorest quintiles are generally small and uncorrelated with changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686012
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Sub-Saharan Africa's recent growth spurt : an analysis of the sources of growth
Cho, Yoonyoung; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Since the mid-1990s, Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented levels of high economic growth. A key question follows: What accounts for the turnaround of the growth performance in the mid-1990s? The answer can provide insight into whether the recent growth spurt in Sub-Saharan Africa is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010770375
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How significant is Africa's demographic dividend for its future growth and poverty reduction ?
Ahmed, S. Amer; Cruz, Marcio; Go, Delfin S.; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
economy additionally by 22 percent by 2030 relative to the base case and reduce poverty by an additional 51 million people. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096292
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Saving and growth in Egypt
Hevia, Constantino; Loayza, Norman - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
the possibilities and limits of a saving-based growth agenda in the context of the Egyptian economy. This is done through … a simple theoretical model, calibrated to fit the Egyptian economy, and simulated to explore different potential … scenarios. The main conclusion is that if the Egyptian economy does not experience progress in productivity -- stemming from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008800593
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Accounting for gender production from a growth accounting framework in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fofack, Hippolyte - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
This paper draws on an expanded growth accounting framework to estimate the relative contribution of women to growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical results show a consistently positive contribution of women to growth in gross domestic product in the region, both during economic downturns and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561271
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Twinning the goals : how can promoting shared prosperity help to reduce global poverty ?
Lakner, Christoph; Negre, Mario; Prydz, Espen Beer - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
In 2013, the World Bank adopted two goals: First, reduce global extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. Second, promote shared prosperity defined as the income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population within a country. This paper simulates the global poverty headcount under three growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010962210
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Exporter dynamics, firm size and growth, and partial year effects
Bernard, Andrew B.; Massari, Renzo; Reyes, Jose-Daniel; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Two otherwise identical firms that enter the same market in different months, one in January and one in December, will report dramatically different annual sales for the first calendar year of operations. This partial year effect in annual data leads to downward biased observations of the level...
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