We examine the composition of bilateral trade between the United States and each of eight Asian Pacific economies from 1962 to 1992. Two complementary time series analyses of individual commodities at the SITC four-digit level indicate that significant change occurred in trade composition during...

Although the empirical literature is not unanimous about the existence of a continuous long-term deterioration in the terms of trade for commodities (the original and most common formulation of the Prebisch- Singer hypothesis) and, hence, about the possibility of inferring their future behaviour...

There was (and still is) a lot of speculation about the current performance and structure of the Pietermaritzburg and uMgungundlovu District economy and business environment. The debate is mainly driven by haphazard observations and subjective feelings, thus hampering effective and efficient...

This paper examines the channels through which education affects household earnings in environments where wages are unobserved. Utilizing data from rural Peru, the empirical strategy decomposes the earnings returns to education into various wage-dependent and labour supply parameters. Geographic...

Nell’ultimo Rapporto sullo Sviluppo Umano delle Nazioni Unite, si afferma che gli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio potranno essere raggiunti solo se acquisteranno significato per i miliardi di individui per i quali sono stati concepiti. La gestione diretta degli aiuti internazionali da...

There is no consensus about which variables, apart from income per capita, serve to characterize or define economic development, or guide its teaching. This paper proposes a simple and operational definition that combines the level of income per capita and the distribution of income. An economic...

The aim of this paper is to summarise the results of a non-farm micro- enterprise survey in rural and peri-urban Romania and to examine their impact on the development of sustainable rural livelihoods. As these firms operate in fixed locations and are therefore more easily located and observed,...

This paper analyses the problem of natural resource scarcity and its implications for economic development and international cooperation. We examine the meaning and measurement of resource “scarcity” and its implications for economic growth and development. The paper describes the conditions...

This paper is the Italian version of “Measuring Social Capital in Italy”, presented at the Third Forum for Young Researchers promoted by the Italian Sociological Association and at the Second Workshop for Young Economists organized by the University of Bologna. The contribution of this paper...