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Agriculture and Trade Opportunities for Tanzania: Past Volatility and Future Climate Change
Ahmed, Syud Amer; Hertel, Thomas W.; Martin, William J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
countries while simultaneously decreasing the likelihood of severe precipitation deficits in Tanzania. Trade restrictions, like …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653096
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Hospital Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence from South Africa.
Zere, E. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2000
This study evaluates the technical efficiency and productivity of a sample of public sector hospitals in three provinces of South Africa using the non-parametric techniques of data envelopment analysis (DEA) and DEA-based Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005475006
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Oil Driven Macroeconometrics Model of Kuwait.
Salih, A.S.; Branson, W.H.; Al Ebraheem, Y.H. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661068
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Gap Disequilibria: Inflation, Investment, Saving and Foreign Exchange.
Taylor, L. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1989
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005776013
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A Re-examination of the Relation between Democracy and International Trade The Case of Africa
Balding, Christopher - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I … utilize a bilateral gravity trade model covering approximately 150 countries from 1950 to 1999, with fixed effects for time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366430
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Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Weiss, John - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
Industrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context. This paper makes a case for a pragmatic and limited approach to interventions as a means of stimulating industrialization in the context of current and future challenges facing newly industrializing economies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366432
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The Global Impact of the Southern Engines of Growth: China, India, Brazil and South Africa
template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0; SANTOSPAULINO, AMELIA U.; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
ofthe world. The issues considered include changing patterns in trade, capital flows,and commodity prices. Both positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670281
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Industrial Policy Old and New Issues
Naudé, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
The debate on industrial policy (IP) has been characterized by a number of contractions over the concept of industrial policy, its merits, contents and application. The purpose of this exploratory paper is to review the debate on IP. Outlining the concept and instruments of industrial policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671386
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Threshold and interaction effects in the trade, growth, and inequality relationship
Leyaro, Vincent - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2015
This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165764
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Did Trade Openness Affect Income Distribution in Latin America? Evidence for the years 1980.2010
Szekely, Miguel; Samano, Claudia - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
This paper offers a medium-term perspective for analysing the trade openness.inequality relationship in Latin America … estimation of the association between trade openness and income distribution over the 30-year period. Our central conclusion in … this regard is that greater trade openness is associated with contemporaneous increases in inequality in the region. The …
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