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Development Strategies and Regional Income Disparities in China
Lin, Justin Yifu; Liu, Peilin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Since the economic reforms began in 1978, China has achieved remarkable economic results. Real GDP per capita grew at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365269
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How the West Was Won? The Dark Side of Institutional Entrepreneurship
Khan, Farzad R.; Munir, Kamal A. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Institutional entrepreneurs are often responsible for bringing practices to developing countries that, while novel for the latter, are highly institutionalized in the West. This cross-border diffusion often involves the exercise of power that while serving institutional entrepreneurs interests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365088
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Demographics, Labor Mobility, and Productivity
Wilson, E. J.; Jayanthakumaran, K.; Verma, R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper considers two major issues that need to be treated as matters of urgency. First, internal (within country) migrations in the Asian (ACI) region are mostly undocumented and large. It is shown there are significant differences in wages and human development measures to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277966
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Trade in Services and Human Development : A First Look at the Links
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Some services directly produce outputs that are important for human development, such as basic human services. Many other services are important inputs into the production and distribution of goods that are necessary for human development purposes. A more efficient services sector should mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278067
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Trade in Services and Human Development : A First Look at the Links
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Some services directly produce outputs that are important for human development, such as basic human services. Many other services are important inputs into the production and distribution of goods that are necessary for human development purposes. A more efficient services sector should mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278167
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Trade in Services and Human Development : A First Look at the Links
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Some services directly produce outputs that are important for human development, such as basic human services. Many other services are important inputs into the production and distribution of goods that are necessary for human development purposes. A more efficient services sector should mean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278224
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Demographics, Labor Mobility, and Productivity
Wilson, E. J.; Jayanthakumaran, K.; Verma, R. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper considers two major issues that need to be treated as matters of urgency. First, internal (within country) migrations in the Asian (ACI) region are mostly undocumented and large. It is shown there are significant differences in wages and human development measures to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278236
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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
five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea : M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à …, this paper explores the agrarian origins of institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan (and briefly ChosÅn Korea) and … interpretations of divergent institutional evolution between China and Japan, which also clarifies the simplicity of prevailing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651628
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Understanding the Pattern of Growth and Equity in the People’s Republic of China
Liu, Minquan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
People’s Republic of China (PRC). Among them are the foundations laid in the pre-1978 era, especially in respect of land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651634
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Understanding the Pattern of Growth and Equity in the People’s Republic of China
Liu, Minquan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
People’s Republic of China (PRC). Among them are the foundations laid in the pre-1978 era, especially in respect of land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651659