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Population diversity, division of labor and comparative development

Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2016

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Development discourse in Africa : thinking about Thandika Mkandawire

Bangura, Yusuf - In: Journal of African transformation : reflections on … 7 (2022) 1, pp. 1-20

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Towards understanding economic growth in Africa : a reinterpretation of the Lewis model

Diao, Xinshen; McMillan, Margaret - 2014

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My journey through the history of development economics

Thorbecke, Erik - 2018

This paper is essentially autobiographical and describes Erik Thorbecke's journey through the history of development economics between the 1950s and the present. The paper consists of four parts. First, an introduction reviews briefly his professional career as a development economist and his...

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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Africa

Fields, Gary S. - In: Journal of African economies 32 (2023), pp. ii147-ii163

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Towards foreign direct investment for development in the host state? : revisiting charter cities

Forere, Malebakeng Agnes - 2022

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Towards Understanding Economic Growth in Africa : A Reinterpretation of the Lewis Model

Diao, Xinshen - 2015

Africa's recent economic growth is at a historical high, the patterns associated with this growth appear to be quite … of Africa's growth. In our view, Africa's recent growth is still not well understood and thus it is difficult to say much …) dual-economy model to the economies of Africa to better understand the role that the “in-between” sector as defined by …

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Modernization and dependence : an outline and critique of competing theories

Nohlen, Dieter - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 15 (1980) 2, pp. 81-86

The salient feature of the theoretical discussion of development problems is still the rivalry between two approaches. An outline and critique of the dependencia school and the modernization theory is provided in the following article which also points out possibilities of combining both these...

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Elites as agents of economic development

Endruweit, Günter - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 19 (1984) 1, pp. 22-38

The frequent lamentation that the brain drain is one of the most serious obstacles to progress in the developing countries shows clearly that elites are accorded an important role in the development process. Nonetheless, all there is at present on the function of elites in economic development...

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Society matters: a post-Keynesian approach to economic development

Marmissolle, Pablo - In: PSL quarterly review 77 (2024) 310, pp. 351-369

This paper discusses methodological individualism and the perceived "need" for microfoundations in economic theory. It argues that the persistent focus on microfoundations has led a large part of the field to overlook the complexity of social interactions, the relevance of historical processes,...

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