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An assessment of the impact of HIV/AIDS on economic growth : the case of Kenya
Were, Maureen; Nafula, Nancy N. - 2003
HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa has been closely associated with adverse economic effects, and could thwart the success of … poverty reduction initiatives. HIV/AIDS is fast eroding the health benefits, which Kenya gained in the first two decades of … independence. The paper explores the different channels through which HIV/AIDS affects economic growth in a low-income country like …
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Hurricanes, economic growth and transmission channels : empirical evidence for developed and underdeveloped countries
Berlemann, Michael; Wenzel, Daniela - 2016
While the short-term growth consequences of natural disasters are comparatively well studied, there is little knowledge how disasters affect long-run growth. Based on truly exogenous storm indicators, derived from a meteorological database, we show that the growth effects of tropical storms go...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521860
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Economic development and structural change : the role of services
Debús, Carlos; Delbianco, Fernando - In: Journal of economic development 46 (2021) 3, pp. 65-84
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Enhancing economic growth impact of financial development and human capital through capital flows in sub-Saharan Africa
Oyinlola, Abimbola M.; Adedeji, Abdulfatai Adekunle - In: Journal of economic development 45 (2020) 2, pp. 95-114
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Energy, Environment and Transitional Green Growth in China
Pang, Ruizhi (ed.); Xuejie, Bai (ed.);  … - Asia-Pacific Productivity Conference <2016, Tianjin> - 2018
Chapter 1: Editors’ Introduction -- Part I: Expert Overviews -- Chapter 2: Developing Meaningful Composite Environmental Indices with DEA -- Chapter 3: Modelling the Generation of Pollutants in Environmental Economics -- Chapter 4: Environmental Productivity Growth in Consumer Durables -- Part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256174
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Innovation in ASEAN : Change and Development
Ratten, Vanessa (ed.) - 2022
1. Innovation in ASEAN countries -- 2. The Transformation of Embedded Means into Resources During Community-Based Venture Creation -- 3. Entrepreneurial Innovation Strategy in the Midst of Pandemic: A Case of Bersih Solution -- 4. Evolution of Entrepreneurship Development among Different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013176815
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
Exploiting a novel geo-referenced data set of population diversity across ethnic groups, this research advances the hypothesis and empirically establishes that variation in population diversity across human societies, as determined in the course of the exodus of human from Africa tens of...
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Inclusive finance, growth and socio-economic development in Saudi Arabia : a threshold cointegration approach
Hathroubi, Salem - In: Journal of economic development 44 (2019) 2, pp. 77-111
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Is favoritism a threat to Chinese aid effectiveness? : A subnational analysis of Chinese development projects
Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; Parks, Bradley - 2019
Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
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Insurance market development and macroeconomic interactions in twenty-six countries
Pradhan, Rudra Prakash; Arvin, B. Mak; Hall, John; … - In: Journal of economic development 42 (2017) 4, pp. 23-57
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