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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....

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The Missing Middle

Krueger, Anne O. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

-agricultural employment of relatively unskilled labor. Indias comparative advantage in services does not preclude the need for a rapid … opposed to unskilled, workers. The failure of manufacturing output and employment to grow more rapidly can be attributed to (1 …) regulations governing enterprises in the private sector and (2) regulations covering conditions of employment of labor. Reducing …

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Reinventing UNCTAD : Some Proposals for the UNCTAD Mid-term Review

Dubey, Muchkund - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

Developed countries have made a concerted effort to change and dismantle UNCTAD over a period of nearly 15 years. It may take the developing countries many years to revive and reinvent the organization. But, UNCTAD must recover its voice and regain the support and respect of developing countries...

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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...

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Financial Crisis as a Catalyst of Legal Reforms : The Case of Asia

Kawai, Masahiro; Schmiegelow, Henrik - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013

This paper discusses how financial crises in emerging Asia and Japan worked as catalysts for legal reforms. The responses of six Asian countries with different legal histories to financial crises that posed similar challenges are of both legal and economic interest. We first provide a...

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Financial Crisis as a Catalyst of Legal Reforms : The Case of Asia

Kawai, Masahiro; Schmiegelow, Henrik - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013

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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

ï»¿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...

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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

ï»¿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...

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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...

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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

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