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Institutional Determinants of Economic Performance in OECD Countries – An Institutions Climate Index
Eicher, Theo; Röhn, Oliver - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 1, pp. 38-49
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696606
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Country role models for development success: The case of Costa Rica
Trejos, Alberto - 2009
In this paper, I discuss the reasons for Costa Rica's economic performance over the last quarter of a century. Three complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration into the world economy) explain the successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273461
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Federal, state, and local governments: Evaluating their separate roles in US growth
Higgins, Matthew J.; Young, Andrew T.; Levy, Daniel - 2008
and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336011
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Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries
Fields, Gary S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
). To achieve more and better employment (where 'better' depends on such factors as rate of pay, job security, employment … protections, and type of work), analysts and donors need to understand better how employment, growth, poverty and other factors … interact, how unemployment is caused, and how employment can be improved. At the same time, drawing on practical experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333104
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Post-apartheid South Africa: An economic success story?
Lundahl, Mats; Petersson, Lennart - 2009
The paper provides an evaluation of the development of the South African economy since the end of apartheid in 1994. Taking the 1993 situation as the point of departure, it gives an account of the path leading to the formulation of the major policy documents, and examines to what extent their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273497
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What Does the Institutions Climate Index for OECD Countries Tell us about Institutional Change and Economic Policy Reforms?
Ochel, Wolfgang; Osterkamp, Rigmar - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 1, pp. 50-62
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696607
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Covid-19 in Africa and its impact on the economy
Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Lück, Ole; Meuchelböck, Saskia - 2021
die Entwicklung Afrikas nach Einschätzung der Autoren auch längerfristig bremsen, da die Akkumulation sowohl von Human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012626521
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Konjunktur, Wachstum und Wirtschaftspolitik im Zeichen der New Economy
Schäfer, Wolf (contributor) - 2003
Das Phänomen der sogenannten New Economy wird seit längerem unter verschiedenartigen Aspekten diskutiert. Dabei ist der Begriff nicht eindeutig definiert und wird zuweilen mit den Bezeichnungen Internet Economy, Network Economy, Digital Economy, E-Commerce oder auch Information Economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014492656
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Reflections
Ranis, Gustav - 1997
This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly citing cultural factors as proposed by his late...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369148
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Macroeconomic policies, growth, employment, and inequality in Latin America
Damill, Mario; Frenkel, Roberto - 2012
outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of growth, inflation, employment, investment, balance of payments, and the … acceleration of output growth and employment creation, and contributed to reducing poverty rates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319943