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Ghana's experiments with business-government co-ordination

Aryeetey, Ernest; Owoo, Nkechi - 2015

The article explores the various co-ordination mechanisms between the state and the business community in Ghana, and the implications for economic growth in the country. We focus on three periods in the economic history of state-business relations: the immediate post-independence period and the...

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Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth: The case of Chile

Solimano, Andrés; Zapata-Román, Gabriela - 2019

, insurance, and real estate) with ups and downs in mining shares. These trends are more emphasized in employment shares, with the …

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The great transformation 1989 - 2029: Could It have been better? ; will It be better?

Kolodko, Grzegorz W. - 2010

Over 1.8 billion people, from Central Europe to East Asia, have been involved in the great systemic transformation to market economy, civic society and democracy. The process has brought mixed fruits. The diversification of the current situation is a result of both the legacy from the past and...

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Mining spillovers and the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and services

Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2024

This study examines the effects of mining productivity shocks on the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and … informality along both margins across sectors following mining shocks are heterogeneous. We also find that the lack of duality … between informal and formal firms across the development phases of mining is driven by increasing heterogeneity in …

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Extractive industries: recognizing and managing the risks in resource-dependent economies

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

This paper analyses the risks facing resource-dependent countries. These include: (i) economic mismanagement (the 'resource curse'); (ii) political mismanagement; (iii) environmental damage (climate change and the destruction of natural capital). It distinguishes 'risk' (which can be addressed...

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Extractive industries: addressing transparency, corruption, and theft

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

This paper analyses the roles that states, civil society, and international actors can play in tackling the weak governance that sometimes leads to resources being used for private rather than public benefit. It discusses the corruption that bedevils licensing and commodities trading; and oil...

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Extractive industries: enclaves or a means to transform economies?

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

This paper argues for a change in government attitudes to their extractive industries: as enclaves useful primarily as revenue sources. This is too narrow a perspective: it fails to recognize the broader economic linkages that are invariably possible. Achieving greater economic impact requires...

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Extractive industries: imperatives, opportunities, and dilemmas in the net-zero transition

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

extractive industries under the sub-headings of: poverty reduction and nature; mining and environmental risk; demand and supply …

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Extractive industries: transforming companies for better development outcomes

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

Companies in the oil, gas, and mining sectors face ever intensifying scrutiny over their environmental, social, and …

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Extractive industries: transforming states and improving economic management

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

While market mechanisms and private initiatives can deliver much for development, public action is also necessary to: maximize the economic benefits of the extractive industries; manage potentially large capital and revenues flows; minimize adverse environmental and social impacts; and steer the...

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