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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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Measures of fixed capital in agriculture
Butzer, Rita; Mundlak, Yair; Larson, Donald F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010
Capital is a fundamental component of agricultural production, and the accumulation of capital is key to growth in agriculture and the process of development. Unfortunately, cross-country data sets on agricultural fixed capital are rare. Using a common methodology that allows comparisons across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691716
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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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Structural change, dualism and economic development : the role of the vulnerable poor on marginal lands
Barbier, Edward B. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
natural resources use in the rural economy matter in the overall dynamics of structural change. The concentration of the rural … poor on marginal lands is essentially a barometer of economy-wide development. As long as there are abundant marginal lands … in the economy. Moreover, the economy is vulnerable to the"Dutch disease"effects of a booming primary products sector. As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660027
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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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Middle-income growth traps
Agenor, Pierre-Richard; Canuto, Otaviano - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
This paper studies the existence of middle-income growth traps in a two-period overlapping generations model of economic growth with two types of labor and endogenous occupational choices. It also distinguishes between"basic"and"advanced"infrastructure, with the latter promoting design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575327
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Structural change and cross-country growth empirics
Eberhardt, Markus; Teal, Francis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
One of the most striking features of economic growth is the process of structural change whereby the share of agriculture in GDP decreases as countries develop. The cross-country growth literature typically estimates an aggregate homogeneous production function or convergence regression model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604331