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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
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...
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Trajectories of knowledge economy in SSA and MENA countries
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2019
In the first critical assessment of knowledge economy dynamic paths in Africa and the Middle East, but for a few exceptions, we find overwhelming support for diminishing cross-country disparities in knowledge-based economy dimensions. The paper employs all the four components of the World Bank's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997637
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Trajectories in knowledge economy : empirics from SSA and MENA countries
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2015
In the first critical assessment of knowledge economy dynamic paths in Africa and the Middle East, but for a few exceptions, we find overwhelming support for diminishing cross-country disparities in knowledge-base-economy dimensions. The paper employs all the four components of the World Bank's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596861
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2018 OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs : key issues paper
Cusmano, Lucia; Koreen, Miriam; Pissareva, Lora - OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs <3., 2018, Mexiko, … - 2018
SMEs are key to strengthening productivity, delivering more inclusive growth and adapting to the major transformations … of our time. SMEs that grow have a considerable positive impact on employment creation, innovation, productivity growth … and competitiveness. While the population of SMEs is very diverse, innovation and scale-up are at the reach of many SMEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011877006
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The 'knowledge economy'-finance nexus : how do IPRs matter in SSA and MENA countries?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
This paper assesses the relevance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus using the four variables identified under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary dynamics of depth, efficiency, activity and size. Three...
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Knowledge economy gaps, policy syndromes and catch-up strategies : fresh South Korean lessons to Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
decomposed into fundamental characteristics of wealth, legal origins, regional proximity, oil-exporting, political stability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409247
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Tax, regulation and economic growth : a case study of the UK
Minford, Lucy - 2015
This paper investigates whether government policy had a causal impact on UK output and productivity growth between 1970 and 2009. An open economy DSGE model of the UK is set up, with productivity growth determined by the tax and regulatory environment in which firms start up and operate. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471548
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Governance, CO2 emissions and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates the relevance of government quality in moderating the incidence of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Environmental degradation is measured with CO2 emissions and the governance dynamics...
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Economic development thresholds for a green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates how increasing economic development affects the green economy in terms of CO2 emissions, using data from 44 countries in the SSA for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) is used for the empirical analysis. The following main findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998015
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The comparative economics of ICT, environmental degradation and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Pyke, Chris - 2018
This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) could be employed to dampen the potentially damaging effects of environmental degradation in order to promote inclusive human development in a panel of 44 Sub-Saharan African countries. ICT is captured with internet and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998239