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Sustainable Development Framework for Local Governance
Cabalfin, Michael R.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … their own right but are very much interrelated. National development experience shows the importance of investment and … different development aspects : the importance of investment, infrastructure and human capital to growth and poverty reduction …
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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan
Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
institutions, sustainable growth cannot occur even if other factors, like a reasonable savings rate, are put in place. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363661
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Is Economic Growth Sustainable? Environmental Quality Of Indian States Post 1991
Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Kathuria, Vinish - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between environmental quality and per capita NSDP (i.e., Environment Kuznets Curve, EKC) of 14 major Indian States in the light of their very high economic growth in the post-liberalisation period. The analysis involves first ranking the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365185
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When will New Zealand catch up with Australia?
Le, Trinh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
New Zealands average income, defined as GDP per capita, is now three quarters that of Australia and even lower than in Australias poorest state, Tasmania. Over the last seven years, New Zealand has grown slightly faster than Australia, but at these rates, it would still take 140 years to close...
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Fiscal Consolidation with High Growth : A Policy Simulation Model for India
Mundle, Sudipto; Bhanumurthy, N.R.; Das, Surajit - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
the space for substantial government capital expenditure, which translates to a significant public investment program …. This in turn leads to high overall investment directly and indirectly, via the crowding in effect on private investment …
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Minimize Regulations to Regulate - Extending the Lucas Critique
Marjit, Sugata; Biswas, Amit K.; Beladi, Hamid - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Lucas (1976) argued that interventionist policies in macroeconomics may fail because the policies themselves affect the optimal behavior of private agents and hence the associated response parameters. We extend Lucas's argument and propose that a highly controlled and regulated environment leads...
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A Hybrid Approach to Case Teaching
Tan, Swee-Liang; Hou, Roy Ng Jin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
We structure case based teaching using a combination of computer-support technology and in-class activities. We create and design an on-line learning tool, Case Study On-line (CSOL) that enables instructor to structure the delivery of teaching resources and set up assignment tasks in the system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365202
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Macroeconomic Impacts of Foreign Exchange Reserve Accumulation : Theory and International Evidence
Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Kon, Yoshifumi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
investment and economic growth. We provide empirical support for our theoretical analysis using panel data from the Penn World …, but can also enhance investment and economic growth. The positive impact on economic growth, however, disappears when we … control the impact through investment. …
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Aging and economic growth : issues relevant to Singapore
Thangavelu, Shandre M.; Wei, Yong Yik - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper studies the effects of the changing age and education composition of the labour force on productivity growth in Singapore. The quality change of workers from aging and education is measured through a quality index. Quality change through education is the key driving force for the...
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Does Governance Matter? Yes, No or Maybe Some Evidence from Developing Asia
Quibria, M. G. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper seeks to explore the relationship between economic growth and governance performance in Asian developing economies. This exploration yields some interesting conclusions. First, notwithstanding its tremendous economic achievements, the state of governance in Asia is not stellar by...
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