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Beyond Industrialization: New Approaches to Development Strategy Based on the Service Sector

Sheehan, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place … income per capita can only occur through industrialization. This paper argues that it is becoming increasingly difficult for … most developing countries to achieve rapid growth through industrialization, and especially through export oriented …

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The Political Economy of Green Growth: Illustrations from Southern Africa

Resnick, Danielle; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

The concept of .green growth. implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar...

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.Successful. Development Models in the MENA Region

Drine, Imed - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

This paper provides a synthesis of the country cases in the Middle East and North Africa: Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. Although these countries differ in terms of resource endowments and economic evolution, they share common aspec

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The Czech Transition: The Importance of Microeconomic Fundamentals

Svejnar, Jan; Uvalic, Milica - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

We examine the case of the Czech Republic, which has been frequently cited as one of the most successful cases of transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Despite the costs related to the break-up of Czechoslovakia in late 1992 and 1993, the immediate consequences were quickly...

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Globalization and Catching-up in Emerging Market Economies

Kolodko, Grzegorz W. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Export Dynamism and Market Access

Mayer, Jorg - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2003

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Good Governance as a Concept, and Why This Matters for Development Policy

Gisselquist, Rachel M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their agendas. Despite this consensus, .good governance. is an extremely elusive objective: it means different things to different organizations and to different actors within these...

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Aid and state transition in Ghana and South Korea

Kim, Jiyoung - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

This paper examines the questions of why and how foreign assistance was utilized successfully in South Korea but less so in Ghana, with a focus on the role of aid in the process of state building and state transition in these two countries. Before the 196

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Aid and development in Taiwan, South Korea, and South Vietnam

Gray, Kevin - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

The aim of this paper is to explain the divergent developmental outcomes between South Korea, Taiwan, and South Vietnam. Whilst US aid has correctly been cited as key factor in explaining the rapid post-war development of South Korea and Taiwan, the ultim

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Excess Credit and the South Korean Crisis

Demetriades, Panicos O.; Fattouh, Bassam A - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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