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Fuady, Ahmad Helmy - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

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Mozambique.s industrialization

Cruz, Antonio Sousa; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

After the Second World War, Mozambique went through a series of transformations, from an incipient industrializing colonial society to an independent country with a central planned economy, plus a regional and internal war, and finally from 1994 onwards,

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A cacophony of policy responses: Evidence from fourteen countries during the 2007/08 food price crisis

Bryan, Shane - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Phenomenal increases in food prices in 2007 and 2008 caused governments around the globe to panic. During the chaos which ensued, most developing countries responded to the crisis with a convoluted array of policies intended to stabilize domestic markets,

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Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Policy in Emerging Economies

Thurik, Roy - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur simultaneously in all developed countries. Differences in growth rates are often attributed to differences in the speed with which countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This...

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Poverty-Reducing Institutional Change and PRSP Processes: The Ghana Case

Killick, Tony - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001

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Fiscal Policy for Poverty Reduction, Reconstruction, and Growth

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan; Smith, Matthew - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

without a good fiscal system. The macroeconomic frameworks of many poor countries are improving, but fiscal policy's full … potential will not be realized until good and accountable expenditure and taxation systems are built. Good fiscal policy can … peace when an unfair distribution of spending and taxation generates grievances that turn violent. Overall, fiscal policy …

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