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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development

Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017

We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...

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How can Korea be a role model for catch-up development? A 'capability-based view'

Lee, Keun - 2009

There is some scepticism about Korea as role model of development as the Korean model involved a considerable degree of state activism, unacceptable in today's global environment. This paper propose a capability-based view of the country's catch-up development, arguing that the real lesson from...

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Aid, growth and devolution

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009

This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...

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A Brief History of Aid in East Africa: The Political Economy of Convergence

Stein, Howard - In: CESifo Forum 10 (2009) 4, pp. 13-22

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Zambian policy-making and the donor community in the 1990s

vander Heijden, Hendrik - 2001

The move towards multiparty democracy in Zambia in the early 1990s was heralded as the beginning of a new era of more pluralist politics in Africa. The new government’s willingness to adopt economic reforms and policies, hitherto resisted, was also seen as a sign that henceforth African...

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Development through globalization?

Nayyar, Deepak - 2006

This paper seeks to analyze the prospects for development in a changed international context, where globalization has … development, by reshaping the rules of the game in the world economy and contemplating some governance of globalization …. – globalization ; development ; policy space ; initial conditions ; institutions ; markets ; state ; democracy ; governance …

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A Brief History of Aid in East Africa: The Political Economy of Convergence

Stein, Howard - In: CESifo Forum 10 (2009) 4, pp. 13-22

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Access to Infrastructure and Human Development : Cross-Country Evidence

Sapkota, Jeet - 2015

Despite extensive policy discussion, limited empirical literature is available concerning the impacts of infrastructure on human development. Furthermore, major infrastructure services, such as transport and energy, are missing in the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) framework;...

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Trade and Development : Lessons from Korea

Lee, Yong-Shik - 2017

Korea has achieved remarkable economic development since the 1960s, rising within a single generation from one of the poorest countries in the world to one with an affluent economy supported by world-class industries and large production capacities. This successful development of Korea has been...

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The Quality of Institutions and Quality of Development

Liu, Michelle Yan - 2015

The positive influences of institutions to economic growth, commonly measured by GDP per capita, have been intensively tested by many empirical studies. However, as the challenges of pollution, corruption, and inequality raise up, the quality of economic development and how to achieve the good...

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