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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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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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Emergence of China and India in the New Millennium : Will it Facilitate Market Access for LDCs and Developing Countries?
Mohanty, S. K.; Chaturvedi, Sachin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
China and India have emerged as highly dynamic economies in recent years. In the Asian region their growth and economic expansion has generated its own complementarities. The paper has empirically shown that surge in the exports of these two countries have significantly contributed to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363489
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The Pattern of Growth in Indonesia after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998 : Does the Primary Sector Still Need to Support Economic Growth?
Hirawan, Fajar Bambang; Cesaratto, Sergio - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper aims to examine the pattern of growth in Indonesia, especially after the economic crisis 1997/1998. Indonesia suffered a catastrophic economic crisis from the year 1997 until 1999 and the economy improved from the year 2000 even though it was still dependant on the non-economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363511
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How Does Financial System Efficiency Affect the Growth Impact of FDI in China?
Xu, Ying - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
In spite of being the second largest recipient of FDI in the world, China shows limited evidence of considerable FDI benefits on growth (Fan and Hu 2007; Luo 2007; Ran et al. 2007). Motivated by Alfaro et al.s (2003) model, this study tests whether poor financial market development might be responsible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365250
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Tourism Satellite Account for India
Shukla, Rajesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
With the growing recognition of tourism as a source of employment generating growth in the country, improved understanding of what tourism is, its role in the economy and its relationship to other parts of the economy is important. The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a new framework recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365257
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Financial Sector Development, FDI and Economic Growth in China.
Ljungwall, Christer; Li, Junjie - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The economics-literature, drawing on endogenous growth theory, suggests that the level of financial sector development may influence foreign direct investment and its impact on the diffusion of technology in the host country, thereby increasing the rate of economic growth. Little attention,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365430