Search Results - subject:"economic growth"

Rwanda Economic Update, No. 7 : Managing Uncertainty for Growth and Poverty Reduction

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group - 2015

Tanzania Economic Update, No. 6 : The Elephant in the Room - Unlocking the Potential of the Tourism Industry for Tanzanians

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group - 2015

Impacts of sea level rise on economic growth in developing Asia

Asuncion, Ruben Carlo; Lee, Minsoo - 2017

Global sea level rise (SLR) variations have undeniably begun to make an impact on highly vulnerable economies. These impacts of SLR are a key component of the projected economic damage of climate change, an important input to climate change policies and adaptive measures. This paper considers...

Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China

Li, Zhigang - 2017

relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising …

Public capital in the 21st century : as productive as ever?

Jong, Jasper de; Ferdinandusse, Marien; Funda, Josip - 2017

The agro-processing industry and its potential for structural transformation of the Ghanaian economy

Owoo, Nkechi S.; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica P. - 2017

The paper explores the potential of Ghana's agro-processing industry in contributing to the development and structural transformation of the economy. Although the industry is not well advanced, a number of factors are discussed which make it a viable sector to lead the economy towards...

Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and Rwanda : John Spray and Sebastian Wolf

Spray, John; Wolf, Sebastian - 2017

services. We show that growth in output and productivity in these sectors is a strong indicator of overall economic growth …

Green growth opportunities for Asia

Fankhauser, Sam; Kazaglis, Alex; Srivastav, Sugandha - 2017

This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future. Using patent and trade data, it analyzes the potential of Asian economies to capture value from the design and export of low-carbon technologies, acknowledging that these are only...

Takeoffs, landing, and economic growth

Pakrashi, Debayan; Frijters, Paul - 2017

Economic growth in the East Asian economies was remarkable during the latter part of the 20th century, starting with …'s Republic of China and India. The high, sustained economic growth of these economies during their boom period reduced the … and landings in the context of economic growth. We empirically define takeoffs and landings, and provide an overlapping …

Employment and productivity growth in Tanzania's service sector

Ellis, Mia; McMillan, Margaret Stokes; Silver, Jed - 2017

Despite Tanzania's rapid recent growth, the vast majority of employment creation has been in informal services. This paper addresses the role that different subsectors of formal and informal services have played in Tanzania's growth. It finds that subsectors such as trade services contribute...