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What is the (New) Deal with Fragile States?

Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

Poor governance and lack of state capabilities in around 45 countries pose a threat to global security and development …. The involvement of the international community is required to help these states break out of their low-development …

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Out with the sleaze, in with the ease: Insufficient for entrepreneurial development?

Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that matters for economic growth. Using panel data on 60 countries spanning the period 2003-07 this paper establishes that (i) opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to...

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Entrepreneurship is not a Binding Constraint on Growth and Development in the Poorest Countries

Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

It is often claimed that entrepreneurship is indispensable for economic growth and development. These claims are mostly … generated by scholars working in the field of entrepreneurship andmanagement studies. In contrast, development economics … scholars seem to be less concerned about entrepreneurship in the development process Who is right? I show that the arguments …

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Vulnerability in Developing Countries

Naude, Wim; Santos-Paulino, Amelia U.; McGillivray, Mark - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

The global economic crisis, which erupted about one year ago with the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, painfully reminds us on how vulnerable developing countries can be to external shocks.This short paper provides an overview of recent...

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Out with the sleaze, in with the ease: Insufficient for entrepreneurial development?

Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that matters for economic growth. $

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Peace, Prosperity, and Pro-Growth Entrepreneurship

Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view. I argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for...

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