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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 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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Enhancing Income Convergence in Central Europe after EU Accession

Lenain, Patrick; Rawdanowicz, Łukasz - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

. Although convergence towards higher levels of income appears to be a distant prospect at current trend growth rates, this is … in this respect. While ... Renforcer la convergence des revenus en Europe Centrale après les adhesions à l … leur ont été très profitables. Même si la convergence vers des niveaux de revenu plus élevés semble une perspective …

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Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia : East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund

Abidin, Mahani Zainal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...

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Emergence of China and India in the New Millennium : Will it Facilitate Market Access for LDCs and Developing Countries?

Mohanty, S. K.; Chaturvedi, Sachin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

China and India have emerged as highly dynamic economies in recent years. In the Asian region their growth and economic expansion has generated its own complementarities. The paper has empirically shown that surge in the exports of these two countries have significantly contributed to their...

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The Pattern of Growth in Indonesia after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998 : Does the Primary Sector Still Need to Support Economic Growth?

Hirawan, Fajar Bambang; Cesaratto, Sergio - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This paper aims to examine the pattern of growth in Indonesia, especially after the economic crisis 1997/1998. Indonesia suffered a catastrophic economic crisis from the year 1997 until 1999 and the economy improved from the year 2000 even though it was still dependant on the non-economic...

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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan

Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

Following the Hausmann, et al. (2005) methodology, we attempt to identify the constraints to growth in Pakistan. We argue that governance failure and institutional shortcomings are the heart of the matter : corruption is rampant, judicial independence is low, educational institutions do not...

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How Does Financial System Efficiency Affect the Growth Impact of FDI in China?

Xu, Ying - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

In spite of being the second largest recipient of FDI in the world, China shows limited evidence of considerable FDI benefits on growth (Fan and Hu 2007; Luo 2007; Ran et al. 2007). Motivated by Alfaro et al.s (2003) model, this study tests whether poor financial market development might be responsible...

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Tourism Satellite Account for India

Shukla, Rajesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

With the growing recognition of tourism as a source of employment generating growth in the country, improved understanding of what tourism is, its role in the economy and its relationship to other parts of the economy is important. The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a new framework recently...

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Financial Sector Development, FDI and Economic Growth in China.

Ljungwall, Christer; Li, Junjie - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

The economics-literature, drawing on endogenous growth theory, suggests that the level of financial sector development may influence foreign direct investment and its impact on the diffusion of technology in the host country, thereby increasing the rate of economic growth. Little attention,...

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High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth

Stam, Erik; Suddle, Kashifa; Hessels, S. Jolanda A.; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs...

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