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Social Capital
Durlauf, Steven; Fafchamps, Marcel - EconWPA - 2004
This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062449
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Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer countries, with the richer world viewed as exemplary; ii) anchored within a legalistic framework and focused on formal institutions, iii) a challenge within public sectors, and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408399
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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2003
This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561191
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THE WORLD ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FACING THE HUMAN RACE BUT THE PROCESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE BY … NO MEANS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE CORE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO ENSURE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND A BETTER QUALITY … GLOBAL ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITHIN A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125934
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KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INTERACTION:A POLICY ORIENTED STUDY OF THE AFRICAN UNION
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
ELECTRONICALLY AND IN INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS. KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR … "LEAPFROG" STRATEGIES THAT COULD ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. THIS PAPER THEREFORE ARGUED THAT WITHOUT … INNOVATIVE PUBLIC POLICY, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES COULD BECOME A SOURCE OF EXCLUSION AND CONFLICT; AND IF ANY FORM OF DEVELOPMENT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556113
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THE WORLD ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS:AN ARCHITECTURAL POLICY FRAMEWORK
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FACING THE HUMAN RACE BUT THE PROCESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE BY … NO MEANS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE CORE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO ENSURE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND A BETTER QUALITY … GLOBAL ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITHIN A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118737
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Some Fundamental Inadequacies of the Washington Consensus: Misunderstanding the Poor by the Brightest
Woo, Wing - EconWPA - 2004
process is needed to guide the formulation of country-specific development strategies. The following five propositions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556001
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Some Fundamental Inadequacies of the Washington Consensus: Misunderstanding the Poor by the Brightest
Woo, Wing - EconWPA - 2004
process is needed to guide the formulation of country-specific development strategies. The following five propositions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118852
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Birth Spacing and Child Survival: Comparative Evidence from India and Pakistan
Maitra, Pushkar; Pal, Sarmistha - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the two-way relationship between birth interval and child survival and compares the behaviour of households in the Indian and Pakistani provinces of Punjab. Birth interval and child survival are modelled here as correlated hazard processes, allowing for mother- specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076550
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The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel; Stone, Andrew H. W. - EconWPA - 2004
This paper, a synthesis of salient findings of the authors’ book entitled “Investment Climate Around the World: Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey”, and based on a chapter in “Pathways Out of Poverty: Private Firms and Economic Mobility in Developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077053