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Islam and Human Development
Shaikh, Salman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The paper aims to present the Islamic appraisal of established theories in academic literature of development economics, both in classical and neo-classical economics. The paper also explains the Islamic concept of human development and shows it to be more welfare maximizing to humans in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107426
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Declining inequality in Bolivia: How and Why
Fortun Vargas, Jonathan M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Latin America has often been depicted as one of the most unequal regions in the world. However, after the rising of inequality, the figure decline dramatically starting from the year 2000. In this setting, Bolivia has been one of the poorest performers on income distribution efforts, lately,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108568
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La pobreza y las clases: Dinámicas y estrategias en Bolivia
Buzaglo, Jorge; Calzadilla, Alvaro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Income distribution among social classes, a preferred topic by the classical economists, has not often been frequented by later scholars. Some recent studies show a new interest, and a generalized increase in income concentration in favor of the capitalist class, particularly in Latin America....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836415
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Simulating extended reproduction: Poverty reduction and class dynamics in Bolivia
Buzaglo, Jorge; Calzadilla, Alvaro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
An extended reproduction model is used to simulate the effects of alternative poverty reduction strategies. Three policy variables are introduced: (de)indebtedness policy, investment policy and income distribution policy, contributing respectively to the objectives of policy sovereignty,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839192
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Structure versus Agency in the Great Deprivation of 21st Century
Naqvi, Nadeem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Agency-based explanations of the great deprivation, contrasted with structure-based explanations, suffer not merely from the criticism of relying on irrational and irresponsible behavior of millions, including that of the most astute financial experts, but are also at a loss to explain why such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619598
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Co-evolutionary policy processes: Understanding innovative economies and future resilience
Sotarauta, Markku; Srinivas, Smita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The great debates of most fields associated with economic development rest on emergence versus intention and the interplay between the two. The “residual” of unexplained divergence between goal and outcome, in this sense, can be ascribed in part to the interplay, or co-evolution, between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257931
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Looking East, looking West: Penang as a knowledge hub
Gerke, Solvay; Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Penang has always been a focal point, absorbing knowledge (and popular culture) from civilizations to the East and West. In modern Penang the pattern of cultural contacts has changed over time. Research institutes and universities in Penang cooperate with foreign partners to produce research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009328144
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Services-led industrialization in India: Assessment and lessons
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
discusses the nature of services, their distinction from products, and their categorization. It provides an overview of India … growth potentials. Based on this evidence, it appears that India’s manufacturing sector development may have been constrained … of different growth paths, the challenges of education and manpower training to support and sustain India’s development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786966
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Federalism and economic development in India: An assessment
Singh, Nirvikar; Srinivasan, T.N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines India’s federal system in the context of prospects for India’s future economic growth and … development. After a brief review of India’s recent policy reforms and economic development outcomes, and of the country’s federal … institutions, the analysis focuses on the major issues with respect to India’s federal system in terms of their developmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787082
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Domestic fuel price and economic sectors in Malaysia: a future of renewable energy?
Jee, Hui-Siang Brenda; Lau, Evan; Puah, Chin-Hong; Abu … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study empirically examines the relation between the domestic fuel prices with the ten disaggregated economic sectors in Malaysia with the spanning of data from 1990:Q1 to 2007:Q4. We found that only three sectors (agriculture, trade and other services sectors) are cointegrated with the fuel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536065