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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan
Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Following the Hausmann, et al. (2005) methodology, we attempt to identify the constraints to growth in Pakistan. We argue that governance failure and institutional shortcomings are the heart of the matter : corruption is rampant, judicial independence is low, educational institutions do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363661
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Policies for Industrial Learning in China and Mexico
Gallagher, Kevin P.; Shafaeddin, Mehdi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Previous work has shown that the results of both China and Mexicos export-led market reforms over the past quarter … century have been strikingly different. In contrast to China, Mexico has not managed to increase the value added of its … exports of manufactured goods and has subsequently had a difficult time competing with China in world markets. Building on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365144
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THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS ON INDIAN MANUFACTURERS : EVIDENCE FROM A SMALL SAMPLE SURVEY
Siggel, Eckhard; Agrawal, Pradeep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Although there has been much theorising on the impact of Indias economic reforms of 1991 on Indian manufacturers, there is hardly any previous study that has taken up the task of actually asking the manufacturing firms as to what the true impact of economic reforms has been on them. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363558
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Interface Between Competition Policy and Infrastructure Regulation in the Philippines
Medalla, Erlinda M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This short paper attempts to lay down the framework and basic principles for the optimum interface between competition policy and infrastructure regulation. Competition policy should address exclusionary and exploitative acts and discipline firms when such acts are committed. In certain cases,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363629
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Connecting South Asia to Southeast Asia : Cross-Border Infrastructure Investments
Gautrin, Jean-Francois - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
South Asia and Southeast Asia have been connected for many centuries, with the degree of connectivity varying over time. This paper explores strengthening connectivity between the two subregions by identifying the missing links in transport connectivity. The paper is specifically concerned with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278098
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China’s economic reform : Success, problems and challenges
Fancass, He - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The rise of China is a major episode in world economic history. From the late 1970s, China pursued market …-oriented reforms and open policy. During the past two decades, China experienced extraordinary growth. Since 1978, GDP growth rates … (South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong and Taiwan province of China) in their fast growing period. In a short span of time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363966
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Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia : East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund
Abidin, Mahani Zainal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363952
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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
sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of … states of Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, and Yi Korea by focusing on the way in which agricultural taxes were enforced. It also …
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
sources of institutional trajectories of economic development in China, Japan, and Korea. It stylizes the Malthusian-phase of … states of Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, and Yi Korea by focusing on the way in which agricultural taxes were enforced. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278220
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Industrial Growth And Environmental Degradation : A Case Study Of Tiruppur Textile Cluster
Nelliyat, Prakash - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The rapid economic growth achieved after globalization by most of the developing countries, has imposed considerable social costs and has become a major threat to sustainable development. However it is also extremely important for developing countries to achieve a high level of economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363503