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A estrutura tecnológica das exportações dos países em desenvolvimento nos anos 2000: análise e implicações para o crescimento

Londe, Anna Carolina; Libânio, Gilberto - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional … - 2014

This paper examines the technological structure of exports from developing countries between 2000 and 2010, according to the classification by technological intensity proposed by Lall (2000). It compares data on exports from developing and developed countries, and from the main export regions...

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A geographic perspective of labour-intensive methods in the development and maintenance of transport infrastructure

Musekene, Eric Nndavheleseni - 2010

and economic development has broad implications that arebeyond transportation’s basic purpose of providing access and …

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The Great Game evolves for Central Asia and opportunities beckon

Kidd, John - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 8, pp. 1224-1251

of the transportation sector for future growth is discerned. Historical detractors are noted and drivers for the future … important transportation hub between Europe and Asia. The value of the paper is in noting the push of many NGOs towards regional … integration, which may be best approached, we suggest, from an initial investment in its transportation infrastructure. …

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Spanning the Chesapeake Bay : for 40 years, the world's largest bridge-tunnel has connected the Virginia mainland to the Delmarva Peninsula

Gerena, Charles - In: Econ Focus (2004) Sum, pp. 22-25

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Geography and Economic Development.

Gallup, J.L.; Sachs, J.D.; Mullinger, A. - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - 1999

This paper addresses the complex relationship between geography and macroeconomic growth. We investigate the ways in which geography may matter directly for growth, controlling for economic policies and institutions, as well as the effects of geography on policy choices and institutions. We find...

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Economic history : Trade trailblazer : the National Road linked communities and helped expand America's western frontier

Gerena, Charles - In: Econ Focus (2003) Fall, pp. 36-39

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The development push of refugees: Evidence from Tanzania:

Maystadt, Jean-François; Duranton, Gilles - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Every year, thousands of people flee their country of origin to seek protection mainly in neighboring countries. Understanding better the consequences of temporary population shocks on hosting economies should help to guide policies to enhance resilience in emergency situations. This study...

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Wider economic benefits of transport schemes in remote rural areas

Laird, James J.; Mackie, Peter J. - In: Research in Transportation Economics 47 (2014) C, pp. 92-102

Remote rural areas tend to experience slower population growth (sometimes decline), slower growth in GDP, fewer employment opportunities and lower productivity relative to the economy as a whole. Transport policy interventions are typically focussed on addressing structural economic weaknesses....

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An examination of the relationship between energy consumption and performance of transportation sector in Malaysia: output multipliers approach

Bekhet, Hussain Ali; Abdullah, Azlina - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 2, pp. 147-164

's transportation sector. It applied output multiplier approach which is based on input-output model. Three input-output tables of … of the transportation sector for the (1991-2005) period. Also, the transportation-to-energy subsector multipliers were … found to increase over time. The increasing importance of transportation sector to the development of Malaysian economy …

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Spatial Diffusion of Economic Shocks in Networks

Amarasinghe, Ashani; Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; … - 2018

The aggregate economic impact of any developmental project depends on its effects within the chosen administrative region as well as its economic spillovers into other regions. However, little is known about how these spillovers propagate through geographic, ethnic and road networks. In this...

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