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The Impact of Exports to China on Latin American Growth
Vianna, Andre C. - 2017
This article analyzes the relationship between GDP growth in seven major Latin American countries and China's demand … exports to China for many of the countries in the sample in 2015 raises questions about the region's vulnerability to China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964037
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Structural Transformation Paths
Maldonado, Norman - 2013
We propose an algorithm that identifies paths for structural transformation. The algorithm uses information regarding similarity (distance) between traded goods and finds sequences of traded goods that describe the shortest path between current comparative advantages of a country and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089573
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Global value chain participation and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Obeng, Camara Kwasi; Mwinlaaru, Peter Y.; Ofori, Isaac Kwesi - 2021
Global value chain (GVC) participation has been identified as one of the means by which developing countries can attain inclusive growth yet little attention has been paid to it in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Motivated by the dearth of studies on SSA, we investigate the effect of GVC participation...
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Trade openness and the growth-poverty nexus : a reappraisal with a new openness indicator
Wannaphong Durongkaveroj - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 41 (2024) 2, pp. 7-29
Developing countries have greatly benefited from globalization, coinciding with economic growth and structural transformation. The standard trade theory postulates that trade openness contributes to poverty alleviation directly by changing factor proportions of production and indirectly through...
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Evolution of global value chains participation and economic growth in Africa
Nana, Ibrahim; Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul <Jr.> - Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains - 2023
chains positively impacts their growth; a positive impact which is driven by trade in commodities, knowledge intensive good …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481084
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The Role of Exports, FDI and Imports in Development : Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries
Ahmed, Abdullahi - 2014
The disappointing economic performance of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies in the late 1980s prompted reforms in foreign trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the early 1990s. Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach and Pedroni panel estimation procedures that allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048660
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Latin America and the Rising South : Changing World, Changing Priorities
Torre, Augusto de la - 2015
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021588
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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807635
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231008
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What can be learned about the economies of China and India from purchasing power comparisons?
Heston, Alan W. - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003798394