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Economic development and agricultural productivity

Bhaduri, Amit (ed.); Skarstein, Rune (ed.) - 1997

-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as … stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low … productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is …

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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth

Rogers, Mark - 2003

Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...

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Classical, neo classical and Keynesian views on growth and distribution

Salvadori, Neri (ed.); Panico, Carlo (ed.) - 2006

This book reconsiders and analyses the different approaches historically proposed in the literature on growth and distribution. The contributors have achieved, through a comprehensive and cohesive analysis of the approaches of different schools of thought, a wide-ranging interpretation of a...

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Beyond food production : the role of agriculture in poverty reduction

Bresciani, Fabrizio (contributor); … - 2007

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm...

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Agriculture, trade, and the environment : the impact of liberalization on sustainable development

Antle, John M. (ed.); Lekakis, J. N. (ed.); … - 1998

agriculture. Agriculture, Trade and the Environment discusses quantitative methods for the assessment of agriculture …

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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy

Arestis, Philip (contributor); … - 2007

-Cambridge controversies in capital theory for econometric practice /G.C. Harcourt --Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : a … distribution of manufacturing productivity in the EU regions /Bernand Fingleton and Enrique López-Bazo --The role of wage …

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The dynamics of Asian manufacturing : a comparative perspective in the late twentieth century

Timmer, Marcel - 2000

comparison with the world productivity leader, the USA. The author uses new empirical data to assess the degree of structural … change in the manufacturing sector and its importance for productivity growth. He then discusses conditions for economic …

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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall

Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006

This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall's substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but rather demonstrates the considerable influence that his work...

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Economic integration in East Asia : perspectives from spatial and neoclassical economics

Nishikimi, Kōji (contributor); Fujita, Masahisa (contributor) - 2008

Increasing numbers of free trade and economic partnership agreements have been concluded among many countries in East Asia, and economic integration has progressed rapidly on both a de facto and de jure basis. However, as the authors of this book argue, integration may intensify regional...

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The nature of macroeconomics : instability and change in the capitalist system

Fitzgibbons, Athol - 2000

This book addresses the long absence of a satisfactory theory of macroeconomics. Keynesian theory is not consistent with rational self-interest, but neo-classical economics is unable to explain economic volatility and the trade cycle. Athol Fitzgibbons critiques the leading macroeconomic...

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