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The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons
Subramanian, Arvind - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
This paper examines different explanations.initial conditions, openness to trade and FDI, and institutions.of the … Mauritian growth experience since the mid-1970s. We show that arguments based on openness to trade and FDI are either misleading … or incomplete. Even when correctly articulated, openness appears to be a proximate rather than an underlying explanation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973362
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Gains from Trade: Implications for Labour Market Adjustment and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi; Mold, Andrew - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007
This paper reassesses the gains from trade for sub-Saharan Africa, and draws their implications for labour market adjustment and poverty reduction. It reviews previous studies on multilateral liberalization, focusing on the findings from computable general equilibrium (CGE) models with relevance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001379
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Assessing the Impact of One Aspect of Globalization on Economic Growth in Africa
Baliamoune, Mina N. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031673
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Rising Spatial Disparities and Development
Kanbur, Ravi; Venables, Anthony J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
such disparities are increasing, partly as a consequence of the uneven impact of trade openness and globalization. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031790