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Economic Challenges for Global Governance
Mayer-Foulkes, David - 2008
, miracle growth, the demographic transition, the role of institutions and conditional convergence. I then present, in …
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Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTA on the Republic of Madagascar
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2007
2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on Madagascar economy. The results suggest that … the SADC FTA would only have a limited impact on Madagascar's real GDP because the liberalization affects only a small …. Gains from the SADC FTA become substantial only when the regional liberalization is accompanied by a multilateral …
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African development : beyond income convergence
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410273
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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/10011608763
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New technologies and enterprise development in Africa
Tiffin, Scott - 1992
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Poverty and economic development: Evidence for the Brazilian states
Nakabashi, Luciano - In: EconomiA 19 (2018) 3, pp. 445-458
In the present study, our primary concern is to examine the effects of poverty on economic development across the Brazilian States from 1980 to 2015. Many studies assess the effects of economic growth and economic development on poverty incidence, but there is almost no one trying to measure the...
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Schumpeter in practice: The role of credit for industrial policy in China
Geißendörfer, Lisa; Haas, Thomas - 2022
Since the late 1970s, the Chinese government has been undertaking major efforts in developing their countries economy by means of industrial policy. However, a more narrow approach to industrial policy has been pursued only since 2010, with the initiation of the 'Strategic Emerging Industries'...
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The application of knowledge stylised facts in West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
Amanzou, Nogbou Andetchi Aubin; Ballo, Zie; Troupa, … - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-20
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the dynamic economies in the world. Unfortunately, the performance achieve has not led to a reduction of social issues. So, the government are making massive investment to overcome social issues. This massive public investment highlights the exogenous nature of the...
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Cultural assimilation, cultural diffusion and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2007
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...
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