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Chirathivat, Suthiphand; Cheewatrakoolpong, Kornkarun - 2015

Thailand's increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub is due mainly to recent changes in its economic structure, namely, the lack of operational workers, rises in wages, and increases in outward foreign direct investment (FDI),...

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Investment finance and financial sector development

Ray, Shubhomoy - 2015

Investment in infrastructure for increasing trade and connectivity in South Asia and Southeast Asia has been impacted by a reduction in commercial bank participation in project financing, which has significantly increased the role of multilateral financial institutions and export credit...

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Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China

Li, Zhigang - 2017

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth...

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The spillover effects of water supply infrastructure development: A theoretical model

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Setiawati, Santi; Siregar, Tifani Husna; … - 2023

One of the main challenges in low-income Asia and the Pacific countries is users' willingness to pay for water services. In contrast, investors and private operators in the water sector prefer a high rate of return. This has often led to the failure of public-private partnerships for water...

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Debt Policy and Economic Growth in a Small Open Economy Model with Productive Government Spending

Futagami, Koichi - 2010

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Economic impacts of infrastructure investment with different funding mechanisms : evidence from Guinea-Bissau

Cateia, Júlio Vicente; Savard, Luc; Freitas, Clailton … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16

This study aims to analyze the economic impacts of infrastructure investment in Africa, focusing on the Guinea-Bissau economy. Through a dynamic CGE model, we find that the natural resource revenues (or aid)-funded infrastructure investments generate externalities that increase factor returns....

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Does infrastructural absorptive capacity stimulate FDI-growth nexus in ECOWAS?

Ogundipe, Adeyemi A.; Oye, Queen Esther; Ogundipe, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19

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Are structural policies in countries bordering mediterranean appropriate to economic convergence : Panel ARDL application

Bardi, Wajdi; Ayouni, Saif Eddine; Hamdaoui, Mekki - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

economic growth accounting for possible convergence. For this purpose, we are based on a sample of eight countries bordering … the stationary series problem of different orders to monitor possible convergence in the long-run horizon. This method … links between candidate variables and the trend of convergence in terms of per capita GDP. Our empirical results support …

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Analysis of fiscal decentralisation, human development, and regional economic growth in indonesia

Sofilda, Eleonora; Hamzah, Muhammad Zilal; Suhal Kusairi - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-15

In Indonesia, fiscal decentralisation has been implemented for two decades, and it is expected that the regions will have a sufficient level of independence to increase economic growth and welfare. This study investigates the influence of fiscal decentralisation and human development on regional...

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Regional inequality, human capital, unemployment, and economic growth in Indonesia : Panel regression approach

Suparman, Suparman; Muzakir, Muzakir - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-14

The purpose of this study is to estimate the relationship and influence between regional inequality variables, human capital, the open unemployment rate, and economic growth in Indonesia using panel data. The panel data consists of a combination of time series data from the 2010-2020 period,...

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