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Determinants of human development: Capturing the role of institutions
Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - 2011
' persistent characteristics, such as their institutions. Among our findings are that macroeconomic policies affect development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274921
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Macroeconomic Policy and Development in India : Some Analytical Issues
Sen, Partha - 2023
Should a developing economy, such as India, have a macroeconomic policy framework that is identical to an advanced capitalist country? The answer is a “No”, because the developing economies have external constraints, that the more developed countries do not. They also, often, need to achieve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264153
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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010
a resource boom reinforces rent grabbing and civil conflict especially if institutions are bad, induces corruption … and bad growth prospects, and that these adverse effects are more severe in volatile countries with bad institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270490
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Aid, growth and devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275808
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Globally Engaged Firms in the COVID-19 Crisis
Constantinescu, Cristina; Fernandes, Ana M.; Poupakis, … - 2022
in terms of facilitating remote work, reducing the rigidity of contracts; and incentivizing financial institutions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291442
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Diasporas and Economic Development : A Review of the Evidence and Policy
Bahar, Dany - 2020
The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and opportunities that these diasporas could represent for home countries. In addition, the paper discusses policies aimed at leveraging this "diaspora capital"
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841140
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Delayed participation of developing countries to climate agreements: should action in the EU and US be postponed?
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Tavoni, Massimo - 2008
This paper analyses the cost implications for climate policy in developed countries if developing countries are unwilling to adopt measures to reduce their own GHG emissions. First, we assume that a 450 CO2 (550 CO2e) ppmv stabilisation target is to be achieved and that Non Annex1 (NA1)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264473
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of endogenous preferences and institutions under autarchy, trade and factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271869
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Foreign Influence and Domestic Policy : A Survey
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2019
influencing the policy choice by changing the political institutions in the target country (with or without a civil war). We … dynamics and for internal conflict than is commonly acknowledged in both empirical and theoretical research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889683
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The Impact of Food Prices on Conflict Revisited
Winne, Jasmien De - 2019
Studies that examine the impact of food prices on conflict usually assume that (all) changes in international food … commodity prices, we show that this assumption could seriously distort estimations of the impact on conflict in African regions …. Specifically, we show that increases in food prices that are caused by harvest shocks outside Africa raise conflict significantly …
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