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Lawson-Remer, Terra - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Recent research regarding property rights and economic development often treats property rights security in a country as homogeneous, although protecting the private entitlements of some can entail preventing others from claiming and controlling those same resources. This one-dimensional...

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Property Rights and Elites

Amsden, Alice H. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

An elite derives its status from its relationship to property, whether physical or human capital. While stable property rights are necessary for everyday business, unstable property rights that result in major institutional changes (such as land reform) may have a positive impact on economic...

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Gender and Retructuring: Perestroika, the 1989 Revolutions, and Women.

Moghadam, V.M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1990

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Stranger than Fiction? Understanding Institutional Changes and Economic Development

Chang, Ha-Joon - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

The volume Institutional Change and Economic Development fills some important gaps in our understanding of the relationship between institutional changes and economic development. It does so by developing new discourses on the 'technology of institution building' and by providing detailed case...

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Understanding the Relationship between Institutions and Economic Development: Some Key Theoretical Issues

Chang, Ha-Joon - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

The paper tries to improve our understanding on the role of institutions in development by critically examining the current orthodox discourse on institutions and highlighting some of its key problems. After discussing some definitional problems, the chapter examines a number of problems in the...

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Property Rights and Economic Reform in Uzbekistan.

Johnson, S.; Islamov, B. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1991

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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Developing Countries’ Terms of Trade

Wacker, Konstantin M. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

This paper first shows that important economic arguments in favor of the Prebisch- Singer hypothesis of falling terms of trade of developing countries have implicitly relied on the role of multinational corporations and foreign direct investment. As of yet, the relationship between the latter...

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Hungary: The Janus-faced Success Story

Csaba, Laszlo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

This paper offers a broad overview of the Hungarian development strategy over the past two decades. Combining historical and functional analysis, some major strengths and weaknesses are identified, with special emphasis on the country.s open-door policies and the role played by the European...

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Does Internet Connectivity Affect Export Performance? Evidence from Transition Economies

Clarke, George R.G. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Exchange Rates and Outward Foreign Direct Investment: US FDI in Emerging Economies

Udomkerdmongkol, Manop; Morrissey, Oliver; Gorg, Holger - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

The paper investigates the impact of exchange rates on US foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to a sample of 16 …: the value of the local currency (a cheaper currency attracts FDI); expected changes in the exchange rate (expected … devaluation implies FDI is postponed); and exchange rate volatility (discourages FDI). The results reveal a negative relationship …

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