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Cabo Verde transition finance country pilot
Morris, Rachel; Cattaneo, Olivier; Poensgen, Konstantin - 2018
Developed Country (LDC) to Lower Middle Income Category (LMIC), including the shifting financing for sustainable development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992030
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Measurement of Costs and Benefits of Accession to the European Union for Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Mortensen, Jorgen; Richter, Sandor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2000
This paper is the final report of a research project whose aim was to analyse the methodology of calculating the costs and benefits for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia of the envisaged accession to the European Union. The research focused particularly on the impact of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649620
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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge A.; Pereira, Luis Brites - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape … diversification (an indicator of globalization) and income convergence (an indicator of governance) in the sub-regions of West and … that trade openness drives convergence and export diversification in Western Africa (which is becoming more diversified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727868
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How Did China Take Off?
Huang, Yasheng - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (2012) 4, pp. 147-70
There are two prevailing perspectives on how China took off. One emphasizes the role of globalization—foreign trade and investments and special economic zones; the other emphasizes the role of internal reforms, especially rural reforms. Detailed documentary and quantitative evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815798
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Takeoffs
Aizenman, Joshua; Spiegel, Mark M - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper identifies factors associated with takeoff -- a sustained period of high growth following a period of stagnation. We examine a panel of 241 "stagnation episodes" from 146 countries, 54 % of these episodes are followed by takeoffs. Countries that experience takeoffs average 2.3% annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778403
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Market Imperfections, Wealth Inequality, and the Distribution of Trade Gains
Foellmi, Reto; Oechslin, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Globalization increasingly involves less-developed countries (LDCs), i.e., economies which usually suffer from severe imperfections in their financial systems. Taking these imperfections seriously, we analyze how credit frictions affect the distributive impact of trade liberalizations. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577810
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The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World
Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We examine the supply-side and demand-side determinants of global bilateral food aid shipments between 1971 and 2008. First, we find that domestic food production in developing countries is negatively correlated with subsequent food aid receipts, suggesting that food aid receipt is partly driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764656
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Responding to the Changing Shape of the World Economy: Consumer-Spending and Export Developments in Turkey in a Comparative Perspective
Mayer, Joerg - In: Ekonomik Yaklasim 24 (2013) 86, pp. 1-28
-account imbalances. The paper employs GTAP-simulations to analyse the frequently made recommendation that slower consumer demand growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813949
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Model structure or data aggregation level: Which leads to greater bias of results?
Brockmeier, Martina; Bektasoglu, Beyhan - In: Economic Modelling 38 (2014) C, pp. 238-245
Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) framework, we combine the general equilibrium (GE) and partial equilibrium (PE) versions of … the GTAP model, each of which is then run with a highly aggregated and a highly disaggregated version of the GTAP database …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010753323
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Deepening regional integration within the Southern African development community
Fall, Falilou; Gasealahwe, Boingotlo - 2017
Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will raise potential growth for …-tariffs barriers should be removed. Ensuring greater compliance to agreements by SADC members will also facilitate intra-regional trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823670