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The Five-Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China and Japan
Aoki, Masahiko - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Based on the variable rate of gross domestic product per capita growth and its sources, this paper first identifies five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea : M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à la Kuznets), H (human capital based) and PD (post...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651628
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Sustainable Development Framework for Local Governance
Cabalfin, Michael R.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
inequality; and the importance of institutions to growth. Local development experience also reveals the interrelatedness of the …; the role of health to human capital; the significance of human capital to poverty and inequality; the value of human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363294
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Sustainable Development Framework for Local Governance
Cabalfin, Michael R.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
inequality; and the importance of institutions to growth. Local development experience also reveals the interrelatedness of the …; the role of health to human capital; the significance of human capital to poverty and inequality; the value of human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363564
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Gender-based Indicators in Human Development - Correcting for ‘Missing Women’
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations Development Program. Population share of the genders enter the formulation of these indicators in such a way that it favours the better performing gender. This can lead to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363671
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Rising Inequality in Asia and Policy Implications
Zhuang, Juzhong; Kanbur, Ravi; Rhee, Changyong - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper looks at the recent trends of rising inequality in developing Asia, asks why inequality matters, examines … the driving forces of rising inequality, and proposes policy options for tackling high and rising inequality … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134371
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Rising Inequality in Asia and Policy Implications
Zhuang, Juzhong; Kanbur, Ravi; Rhee, Changyong - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper looks at the recent trends of rising inequality in developing Asia, asks why inequality matters, examines … the driving forces of rising inequality, and proposes policy options for tackling high and rising inequality … inequality. The three drivers of rising inequality cannot and should not be blocked, because they are the same forces that drive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134393
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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 sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of East Asian economies as peasant-based economies in which...
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 sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of East Asian economies as peasant-based economies in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278220
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Effective Development Aid : Selectivity, Proliferation and Fragmentation, and the Growth Impact of Development Assistance
Kihara, Takashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper examines several indicators of effective development aid, focusing on the contributions of major bilateral donors. The empirical analyses of selectivity for effective aid delivery revealed that, taking a long-term and regional perspective, some major donors including Japan have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651627
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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
It has long been realised that factor accumulation and technological development are only proximate causes of economic development, and focus has now shifted to investigating the deeper determinants of economic growth. Two such forces are highlighted in literature : institutions and geography....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363568