This study reviews the effect of foreign debt management on sustainable economic development with specific emphasis on Nigeria over the period of 1979?2009. Data analysis shows that access to external finances strongly influence the economic development process of Nigeria and other nations. The...

In this paper we study the endogenous response of unequally developed regions to a drop in investment and trade costs in a general equilibrium model. The response is characterized by a rise in foreign direct investment in the underdeveloped region and increased consumption in the developed one,...

External resources for a low income country have the potential of accelerating growth but also of creating Dutch Disease effects. This paper analyses the empirical impact of the most important external resources, foreign direct investment, aid, and loans, on the Bolivian economy for the period...

Exemplifying the negative consequences of a variety of inappropriate fiscal and social policies, Zimbabwe has failed to realize its potential to become a strong, independent state, going from the admiration and envy of its neighbours to near-complete collapse and abject poverty. Economic...

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

1. India, the Great Depression and Britain's demise as world capitalist leader / Utsa Patnaik -- 2. Illegal flows in India's BOP accounts : their components and impact on the economy / Arun Kumar -- 3. Some aspects of external dimensions of the Indian economy in the age of globalisation /...