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This paper makes an effort to trace the course of development thinking and associated development policy over the past six decades. Section I focuses on the early Post-War Consensus, with theory focused on extensions of classical dualism theory and policy concentrating on creating the...
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Entwicklungstheorie und -politik? Dies sind die zentralen Fragen, mit denen sich die Autoren in dem vorliegenden Band beschäftigen … wirkt wachstumshemmend. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes sind dazu geeignet, nicht nur den an Entwicklungstheorie … finden auch die an Entwicklungspolitik Interessierten nützliche Erkenntnisse, die aus den neuen Theorien abzuleiten sind …
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Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...
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We show that delegating tax collection to large firms can help build tax capacity in weak-enforcement settings. We exploit two reforms in Argentina that dramatically expanded and subsequently reduced turnover tax withholding by firms. Combining firm-to-firm data with regression discontinuity and...
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This paper extends the history of thought narrative on Allyn Young to recognize the close relationship that the classical growth theory has with the early development theory, as Young’s externalities-fuelled, cumulative growth process influenced the theoretical thought of the early development...
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century there is a rare coincidence of profound transformations in a number of areas, in population dynamics, in human settlements, in science and technology, economics, social stratification, in the role and functions of the states and in the global power...
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After having pointed out the diverse uses of the term infrastructure in the literature on the market-economy, the different categories of infrastructure will be described. The argument in this context is that the classification of infrastructure suggested by Jochimsen has proved useful:...
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In seiner Dissertation "The Impact of the Socio-Cultural Structures of the Kambata/Ethiopia on their Economic Development. An interdisciplinary and cultures comparing approach to discuss the issue of economic developement" beschäftigte sich Herr Gebrewold mit der Frage nach den sozialen und...
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Arthur Lewis' seminal 1954 paper and its emphasis on dualism appeared at a time when neither the work of Keynes or Harrod-Domar nor the later neoclassical production function of Solow seemed relevant for developing countries. As a consequence, his model, rooted in the classical tradition, plus...
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