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Hjerppe, R.; Berghall, P.E. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1996

Tomorrow's world will be an urban world. The ongoing urbanization process represents, both in scale and consequence, an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of making. Not only will the majority of the world's population live in an urban environment, but big mega-cities continue to grow, and...

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The Polish Alternative. Old Myths, Hard Facts and New Strategies in the Successful Transformation of the Polish Economy.

Kolodko, G-W; Nuti, D-M - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

In 1994-97 Poland has recorded an outstanding economic performance in terms of GDP growth, simultaneous reduction of inflation and unemployment, fiscal balance, zloty real revaluation, capacity restructuring, private sector growth and institution building. The Polish success needed a market...

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The Process of Economic Change.

North, D-C - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

A good deal is known about what makes for successful economic development, but very little is known about how to get there - that entails an understanding of the process of economic change. The paper fist examines the sources of successful growth and then explores the process of dynamic change...

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Long-Term Growth and Welfare in Trnasitional Economies : The Impact of Demographic, Investment and Social Policy Changes.

Cornia, G-A; Hokkila, J; Paniccia, R; Popov, V - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1996

This paper analyses the long-term growth and welfare impact of the transition to the market economy in the countries of Eastern Europe. We define welfare as the average real net wage after payments of social security contributions to fund a paygo-type pension system, and of taxes to service the...

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Economic Adversity and Entrepreneurship-led Growth: Lessons from the Indian Software Sector

Athreye, Suma - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

It is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish. In this paper, we draw on the experience of Indian software firms where entrepreneurial growth has belied these predictions. This paper argues...

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Does Lack of Innovation and Absorptive Capacity Retard Economic Growth in Africa?

Onyeiwu, Steve - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

This paper reviews the innovative capabilities and absorptive capacities of African countries, and investigates whether they have played significant roles in the region’s slow and episodic economic growth. Results from cross-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest...

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries … innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses … these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …

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Entrepreneurship, Stages of Development, and Industrialization

Acs, Zoltan J.; Wim Naudï¿½ - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...

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Learning from Asia’s Success Beyond Simplistic ‘Lesson-Making’

Hobday, Mike - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia’s success, recommending that other poor countries follow similar models and paths of development. This study argues that such Asian ‘lesson-making’ is a grave mistake in...

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Exporting and productivity: The role of ownership and innovation in the case of Vietnam

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Thi Tue Anh, Nguyen - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between exporting and productivity in the case of Vietnam using an extensive firm level panel dataset for the period 2005-11. We separate out productivity effects of exporting due to self-selection allowing u

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