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Unfavorable land endowment, cooperation, and reversal of fortune
Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
important in the process of industrialization, the transition from agriculture to industry among unfavorable land endowment … effects of cooperation on the intensive margin of agriculture, low land productivity countries lagged behind during the … were overtaken in the process of industrialization; (ii) lower level of land productivity in the past is associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108929
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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118027
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Natural Land Productivity, Cooperation and Comparative Development
Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
industrialization and comparative economic development across the globe. Exploiting exogenous sources of variations in land productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111722
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The regional economic structure of Brazil in 1959: an overview based on an inter-State input-output system
Barros, Gustavo; Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper aims at describing the regional configuration of 1959 Brazil’s productive structure through the estimation of an Inter-State Input-Output system. The estimated matrix is the oldest of this kind for Brazil. It can, hence, be an important tool for the study of the regional productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220104
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Services-led industrialization in India: Assessment and lessons
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper provides an integrated analysis of the role of the service sector in recent Indian economic development. It discusses the nature of services, their distinction from products, and their categorization. It provides an overview of India’s overall growth experience, and a detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786966
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Colonial Institutions, Slavery, Inequality, and Development: Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil
Summerhill, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Brazil is frequently portrayed as exhibiting persistent and structural economic inequality that is rooted in the early colonial experience, and is believed to undermine development in the long run. I construct original measures of agricultural inequality for 1905 in what is today Brazil’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622262
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Poverty and economic development of Kenya
Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The economy of Kenya has been continued to be the largest in the East African region and third largest in Sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa and Nigeria respectively. At present Kenya is one of the most highly literate countries in sub-Saharan Africa. But more than 60% people of Kenya live...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109420
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Relação econômica dos setores agrícolas do Estado do Mato Grosso com os demais setores pertencentes tanto ao Estado quanto ao restante do Brasil
Figueiredo, Margarida Garcia de; Barros, Alexandre … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to empirically show the relative importance of the agricultural sector in the productive framework of Mato Grosso State (Brazil), an inter-regional input-output model for two regions: Mato Grosso and the rest of Brazil for 1999. The idea was to identify the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110037
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Warsai-Yikeaalo program and its impact in post war Eritrea – A development perspective
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
people and goods and services for the betterment of the people in the country. The study covers different sectors agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790023
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Global unemployment, Long-run economic growth and labour market rigidities: a commentary
Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
Abstract This short paper aims to contribute to the debate on the causes and remedies for high rates of unemployment and under-employment, which presently afflict large parts of both the North (industrial countries) and the South (developing countries).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111760