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total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
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"This paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the evidence is rather mixed, as no robust relationship between FDI and income growth has been established. The authors argue that countries need a sound business environment in the...
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"Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? Bravo-Ortega and De Gregorio present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth...
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"Although Tanzania experienced relatively rapid growth in per capita GDP in the 1995-2001 period, household budget survey (HBS) data show only a modest and statistically insignificant decline in poverty between 1992 and 2001. To assess the likely trajectory of poverty rates over the course of...
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"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...
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The chapters, or "policy notes," of this report, creating the foundations for equitable growth in Mexico 2006-2012, are … dedicated to trying to solve parts of the puzzle as to why Mexico's level of economic development has failed to approach the … from the eleven chapters of this report. There are three themes that are highlighted: 1) Mexico can do better; 2) Mexico is …
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Mexico needs to broaden and deepen its financial system without compromising the financial stability gains of the last … streamlining key regulations for firms are key to increasing Mexico's competitiveness. This note provides a medium-term agenda for … supporting Mexico's competitiveness by fostering greater innovation. This policy note outlines short- and medium-term policy …
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"This paper examines whether the relationship between traffic fatalities and per capita income is the same for different classes of road users and investigates the factors underlying the decline in fatalities per vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) observed in high-income countries over recent...
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