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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan
Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
independence is low, educational institutions do not furnish the right kind of labour force, legal institutions do not protect the … institutions restrict hiring/firing, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has not done its duty to contain the rising interest spread, and … constraints to growth in Pakistan. These are : (i) poor state of governance, (ii) poor state of institutions, and (iii) lack of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363661
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Historical Sources of Institutional Trajectories in Economic Development : China, Japan, and Korea Compared
Aoki, Masahiko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278162
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Historical Sources of Institutional Trajectories in Economic Development : China, Japan, and Korea Compared
Aoki, Masahiko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This essay provides a game-theoretic, endogenous view of institutions, and then applies the idea to identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278220
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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development : A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
highlighted in literature : institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is the more … important. The Institutions school assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the Geography school considers … their hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363568
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Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Mexico
Baz, Veronica; Capelo, Maria Cristina; Centeno, Rodrigo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
While Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country’s development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752785
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Aid Effectiveness: Politics Matters
Bobba, Matteo; Powell, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The literature on aid effectiveness has focused more on recipient policies than the determinants of aid allocation yet a consistent result is that political allies obtain more aid from donors than non-allies. This paper shows that aid allocated to political allies is ineffective for growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653526
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Asia's Underachiever : Deep Constraints in Philippine Economic Growth
Briones, Roehlano M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
: culture; corruption; and institutions. The last offers the most convincing explanation for mediocre growth. Hence, to raise … corruption; and above all, focused and sustained development of functional capitalistic institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363616
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Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Hacia un desarrollo sostenible y equitativo: Estrategias sectoriales para...
Jarque, Carlos M. (contributor) - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
persistence over time; programs that depend on developing consensus; reforms to policies and institutions; and actions that demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943499
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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica
Cornick, Jorge; Jimenez, Jorge; Román, Marcela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
Public-private collaboration in productive development policy in Costa Rica frequently takes the form of policy co-governance: an autonomous institution in charge of policy for a particular economic sector is created, with a board of directors comprising representatives from both the public and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943682
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Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Hacia un desarrollo sostenible y equitativo: Estrategias sectoriales para...
Jarque, Carlos M. (contributor) - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
persistence over time; programs that depend on developing consensus; reforms to policies and institutions; and actions that demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772430