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Nascent entrepreneurship and the level of economic development

Wennekers, Sander; van Stel, André J.; Thurik, A. Roy; … - 2005

Based upon two strands of literature, this paper hypothesizes a U-shaped relationship between a country's rate of entrepreneurial dynamics and its level of economic development. This would imply a different scope for entrepreneurship policy across subsequent stages of development. Regressing...

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Prosperity in rural Africa? Insights into wealth, assets, and poverty from longitudinal studies in Tanzania

Brockington, Dan (contributor); Noe, Christine (contributor) - 2021

What does it mean to say that rural areas of Africa are poor? Many people insist that in rural African populations poverty is prevalent. This is either because the smallholder agricultural practices are unproductive or it is because economic policies have not protected and promoted African...

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Can cities or towns drive African development? Economy-wide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

Dorosh, Paul; Thurlow, James - 2012

Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture's relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African governments are often provided conflicting...

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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa

Benner, Maximilian - 2012

Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...

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Early starts, reversals and catchup in the process of economic development

Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - 2004

Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades than have later-comers to agriculture and statehood like New Guinea, the Congo, and Uruguay. We show that more rapid growth by early starters has been the norm in economic...

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The Gini Trade Index: What can we learn from a new trade indicator?

Cernat, Lucian - 2024

This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of capturing the different distribution of trade values across firm characteristics and across countries. The new indicator replicates the well-known features of the traditional...

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Growing through manufacturing: Myanmar's industrial transformation

Abe, Masato - 2014

Recent reforms in Myanmar have already shown some positive impacts on the manufacturing sector, which must play a key … Myanmar, particularly concerning the business climate in the manufacturing sector and the crucial issues for the development …

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What has really happened to poverty in the Philippines? New measures, evidence, and policy implications

Balisacan, Arsenio M. - 2011

That poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon is no longer debatable. What remains a contentious issue is whether the various dimensions of individual deprivation should be aggregated

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Task Force: Connecting India, China and Southeast Asia - New socio-economic developments

Senz, Anja (contributor); Reinhardt, Dieter (contributor) - 2014

The border regions between Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Southwest China are characterized by close …Die Grenzregionen zwischen Nordostindien, Myanmar und Südwestchina sind geprägt von engen historischen, intra …

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A new policy framework for Myanmar's SME development

Abe, Masato; Dutta, Madhurjya Kumar - 2014

Myanmar's emergence from decades of isolation provides an opportunity to learn from the experiences of its neighbours …-sized enterprises (SMEs) is an effective mechanism in achieving socioeconomic growth, but Myanmar poses a list of challenges that need … existing reviews of the Myanmar business community and the SME policy frameworks of various countries and combine to form a …

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