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Development patterns and the international order
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1977
The concept of basic needs is today at the center of many discussions about development and the international order. Some international organizations are rethinking their prior evaluation of development policies based largely on aggregate economic output, in particular, the welfare of the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619684
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Measuring the maritime potential of nations. The CenPRIS ocean index, phase one (ASEAN)
Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
the landmass (Maritime Potential Index MPI) , (b) the maritime economy (MEI) and (c) the degree a nation or region has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147910
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The regional economic structure of Brazil in 1959: an overview based on an inter-State input-output system
Barros, Gustavo; Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper aims at describing the regional configuration of 1959 Brazil’s productive structure through the estimation … of an Inter-State Input-Output system. The estimated matrix is the oldest of this kind for Brazil. It can, hence, be an … general characterization of the regional structure of the economy in 1959 through selected structural indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220104
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Education Performance: Was It All Determined 100 Years Ago? Evidence From São Paulo, Brazil
de Carvalho Filho, Irineu; Colistete, Renato P. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
, Brazil. Based on historical data from an agricultural census and education statistics, we assess the role played by factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490496
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor: Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in La...
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
innovative strategic groups are demonstrated, analyzing the case of the African poor in Benin and the African Diasporas of Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616660
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The development of the brazilian amazon region and greenhouse gases emission: a dilemma to be faced!
Imori, Denise; Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; David, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
, estimated for the Brazilian economy for the year of 2004. The I-O model is used to make a comparison between the economical and … the environmental relevance of each sector in the economies of the Amazon region and the rest of Brazil. This study … Brazil, but also by the developed nations, as the burden of the reduction in the greenhouse gases emission in the Brazilian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025250
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Reflections on the Impact of Corruption on Economic Development: a literature review in the Brazilian Economy
Iquiapaza, Robert; Amaral, Hudson - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
millennium in the Brazilian economy; without misunderstanding it results in a pernicious combination and generating of social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790256
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Implementing inflation targeting in Brazil: an institutional analysis
Strachman, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper shows the advantages and handicaps of implementing an inflation target (IT) regime, from a Post-Keynesian and, thus, an institutional stance. It is Post-Keynesian as long as it does not perceive any benefit in the mainstream split between monetary and fiscal policies. And it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014711
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Is “economic freedom” strictly free market capitalism? A decompositional analysis of the Economic Freedom of the World index
Cohen, Joseph N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World is often taken as a metric of market capitalism. This paper argues that the index is an amalgam of measures capturing free markets and good governance, and analysts should remain cognizant of this conceptual conflation when using the index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560960
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Developing Economies with Industrial Policy: Towards a Toolbox for Economic Growth. With Case Studies of Jordan and Egypt
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
by a modern and market-oriented industrial policy aimed at upgrading the economy's competitiveness. Such a “newer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260809