Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 152
Cover Image
Explaining the Regional Heterogeneity of Poverty: Evidence from Decentralized Indonesia.
Sumarto, Sudarno; Vothknecht, Marc; Wijaya, Laura - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study presents evidence from Indonesia on how the country’s recent periods of economic growth have contributed to … poverty reduction at the regional level, with a particular emphasis on the role of decentralization. Over the past decade … Indonesia has made significant progress in reducing poverty, from 23% of the population in 1999 to less than 12% in 2013 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108719
Cover Image
Decentralization and good governance: The case of Indonesia
Green, Keith - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Indonesia began a process of rapid government decentralization in 1999 from a formerly strong centralized government … structure. I review the history of decentralization in Indonesia and assess how Indonesia has fared in pursuing a … decentralization policy since 1999. I illustrate how Indonesia meets several criteria of successful decentralization and how it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578278
Cover Image
Export specialisation and regional growth, in Romania
Antonescu, Daniela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
From regional growth theoretical perspectives, exports represent the important factor with different impact in time and space. The export activities depend in a large share on the way in which a state or a region capitalises their endogenous potential, including the accumulated knowledge and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240784
Cover Image
REPENSER LE FUTUR DE LA POLITIQUE DE COHÉSION EUROPÉENNE POUR LES PAYS D'EUROPE CENTRALE ET ORIENTALE : LA PRISE EN COMPTE DE L'ESPACE GÉOGRAPHIQUE COMME PISTE DE RECHERCHE
Bourdin, Sebastien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259451
Cover Image
Repenser le futur de la politique de cohésion européenne pour les pays d’europe centrale et orientale : la prise en compte de l’espace géographique comme piste de recherche
Bourdin, Sebastien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260332
Cover Image
Growth and divergence of the polish subregions over 1995–2006: a search for determinants and spatial patterns
Herbst, Mikolaj; Wójcik, Piotr - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper investigates the presence of sigma and beta convergence between the Polish subregions over 1995–2006. We verify for the absolute convergence, as well as for the convergence conditioned on the stock of physical capital, human capital and the size of the central city, these being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369620
Cover Image
The Role of Innovation Activities in Tourism and Regional Growth in Europe
Korres, George M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Tourism plays a crucial role for national economies throughout the world. In Europe, international tourism receipts were almost three times higher in the late 1990s than they were in the late 1980s. Tourism has great potential as regards contributing to the achievements of several major EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680968
Cover Image
U.S. Micropolitan Area Growth: A Spatial Equilibrium Growth Analysis
Michael, Davidsson; Dan S., Rickman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Because micropolitan areas have only relatively recently been defined, little is known about their comparative economic performance. Part of the interest in micropolitan areas stems from the successful ones often growing to become metropolitan areas. This paper examines micropolitan area growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109106
Cover Image
Lake Amenities, Environmental Degradation, and Great Lakes Regional Growth
Stephens, Heather; Partridge, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Regional migration and growth are increasingly associated with high-quality in situ natural amenities. However, most of the previous U.S. research has focused on the natural amenities of the Mountain West or the South. The Great Lakes, with their abundant fresh water and natural amenities, would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109109
Cover Image
Crime and regional growth in Italy
Lanzafame, Matteo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Building on standard growth-theory models, this paper provides an empirical investigation of the effects of crime on regional economic performance in Italy, as measured by labour productivity growth. Our analysis relies on a panel of annual data on the Italian regions and, contrary to previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109110