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lobbying on energy innovation and finds that they significantly affect the incentives to innovate and create cleaner energy …
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Studies show that when exports go up, innovation goes up as well. But what is the mediating effect of domestic … institutions in the association between exports and innovation? If any, which institutions are more likely to improve exports and … innovation in developing countries, and how? To address this lacuna, this study employs estimations of industry fixed effects for …
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We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...
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a century ago, when Myrdal published his Asian Drama. The stranglehold of low growth has been broken, its population …
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African countries have sought to replicate the success of East Asia by implementing special economic zones. Despite decades of international experience, there remains no blueprint for successful special economic zone policies, and the majority of special economic zones fall well below...
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The concept of "green growth" implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic … rather than being win-win, green growth is similar to most types of policy reforms that advocate the acceptance of short …-term adjustment costs in the expectation of long-term gains. In particular, green growth policies often encourage developing countries …
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The foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of 'traditional' donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as 'new' donors and South-South co-operation playing an increasingly important role. Amidst these...
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This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in member countries of the Economic Community of … aid on economic growth among these ECOWAS countries was found to be positive and strong. Other important drivers of … economic growth include interest rate, foreign direct investment, and the level of international reserves. The results from the …
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The services sector is dominant and continues to experience unprecedented growth in many developing economies. However …, in-depth empirical analysis of the drivers ofservicessector growth acceleration is limited. This paper examines and … identifies the underlying factors that explain services sector growth accelerations and episodes in developing countries, and how …
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Success in development over the past half-century was based on manufacturing-led export growth. Because the share of … to be another strategy. I deconstruct what enabled manufacturing to generate growth and structural transformation. It …
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