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Raul Prebisch and the Current State of Economic Development of Guatemala
Theodore, John - 2020
The author in this article compares the economic development of the Republic of Guatemala from 1945 to 2015 against the … obstacles against economic development in Guatemala were social, political, commercial and industrial. Guatemala is still …
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Simultaneous estimation of income and price elasticities of export demand, scale economies and total factor productivity growth for Brazil
Mutz, Christine; Ziesemer, Thomas - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285666
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Growth, Development, and Technological Change
Grossmann, Volker - 2007
The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding of the fundamental sources of economic growth and development. In this chapter we survey important contributions in the field by focussing on the basic structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as...
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Directions In Hydropower : Scaling up for Development
World Bank - 2012
After a period of stagnation, the story of hydropower infrastructure is changing. Emerging global dynamics are recasting the role and value of hydropower in development, recognizing its potential contribution to a complex web of energy security, water security and regional development and...
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Economic and social development into the XXI century
Emmerij, Louis (ed.) - 1997
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Large-scale, small-scale, and hybrid water utilities in cities of the developing world : the impact of scale beyond "economies of scale"
Vousvouras, Christian Aristoteles - 2013
Kleinwasserversorgungssysteme sind in Entwicklungsländern weit verbreitet. Dennoch dominieren grosse Monopolbetriebe die Agenda der Wasserexperten, oft gerechtfertigt mit Grössenvorteilen im Netzbetrieb und Transaktionskosten in der Regulierung. Diese Studie zweifelt an der Anwendbarkeit von...
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The partition of production between households and markets
Colburn, Christopher Bingham; Zhou, Haiwen - In: International studies of economics 17 (2022) 1, pp. 21-35
The process of industrialization was accompanied by the switch from household production to firm production. The industrialization process was also a process of population growth, the appearance of general-purpose technologies, and the expansion of international trade. This paper studies the...
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Mining Development and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Latin America
Parra, Cristian - 2015
Large-scale mining development has a potential to contribute to human development and poverty reduction in Latin … America, particularly in the area of influence of mining activities. Given efficient resources management with a core … paper analyses the effects of large-scale mining development on poverty reduction in the Antofagasta Region, Chile. By …
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Gone with the storm : rainfall shocks and household well-being in Guatemala
Baez, Javier E.; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Genoni, Maria Eugenia - 2015
strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept - on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative … seen in urban Guatemala between 2006 and 2011, which national authorities and analysts previously attributed solely to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472574
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Comprehensive development plan for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and South-Southeast Mexico ; summary
2021
the quality of life of the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and south-southeast Mexico, thus making migration a …
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