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A proposal for a new universal development commitment

Glennie, Jonathan; Gulrajani, Nilima; Sumner, Andrew; … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2019

Most Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries have accepted, in principle at least, the 50-year-old commitment of contributing 0.7 per cent of gross national income to supporting the development of countries in the Global South. But what if all countries made a universal...

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The practice of industrial policy : government-business coordination in Africa and East Asia

Page, John M. (ed.); Tarp, Finn (ed.) - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017 - First edition

This work examines how African policy makers might develop better coordination between the public and private sectors to identify the constraints to faster structural transformation, and to design, implement, and monitor policies to remove them

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Mining for change : natural resources and industry in Africa

Page, John M. (ed.); Tarp, Finn (ed.) - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2020 - First edition

For a growing number of countries in Africa the discovery and exploitation of natural resources is a great opportunity, but one accompanied by considerable risks. This book presents research on how to better manage the revenues and opportunities associated with natural resources.

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Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered

Newfarmer, Richard S. (ed.); Page, John M. (ed.); … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2018 - First edition

Although manufacturing has played an important role in the growth of developing countries, Africa has lagged in this industry. This text argues that activities sharing the characteristics of manufacturing, including tourism and ICT, are beginning to play an important role in Africa, offering new...

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Manufacturing transformation : comparative studies of industrial development in Africa and emerging Asia : a study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Dev...

Newman, Carol (ed.); Page, John M. (ed.); Rand, John (ed.); … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2016 - First edition published in 2016

most often the leading driver of structural transformation. Africa?s experience with industrialization over the past thirty … together detailed country case studies of industrial policies and industrialization outcomes in eleven countries, conducted by … description and analysis available of the contemporary industrialization experience in low-income Africa …

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

Heijden, Hendrik vander (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Relevance of the Nordic model for African development

Bigsten, Arne (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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European aid to the MENA region after the Arab uprisings : a window of opportunity missed

Bodenstein, Thilo; Furness, Mark - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2023

European official development assistance to Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries increased sharply after 2011, ostensibly in support of the social, economic, and above all political changes demanded by the Arab uprisings. The subsequent turn to development policies driven by...

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Assessing the impact of one aspect of globalization on economic growth in Africa

Baliamoune, Mina N. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Emergent global information infrastructure/global information society : regime formation and the impact on Africa

Cogburn, Derick L. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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