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A model for industrial development of the federal region of Kurdistan : science and technology policy, instruments and institutions
Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2007
This report introduces two of the most successful industrial development models of the modern time the Japanese as a leader and the South Korean as its follower. The objective is to review the industrialization process in these two economies which have served as a model for development in many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646709
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Does light touch cluster policy work? : evaluating the Tech City programme
Nathan, Max - 2019
Despite academic scepticism, cluster policies remain popular with policymakers. This paper evaluates the causal impact of a flagship UK technology cluster programme. I build a simple framework and identify effects using difference-in-differences and synthetic controls on rich microdata. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118723
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Political economy of industrialization and industrial parks in Ethiopia
Kebede, Selamawit G.; Heshmati, Almas - 2023
This study investigates the political economy of industrialization in Ethiopia. It discusses the economic and political institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes. Further, it evaluates the different industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013498899
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Industrialization in China
Brandt, Loren; Ma, Debin; Rawski, Thomas G. - 2016
We see industrialization in China the last 150 years as an ongoing process through which firms acquired and deepened … seriously limit benefits. For a latecomer like China, modern industry initially finds its most success in more labor …-intensive products and processes. China's experience shows that government can both support and obstruct this process. Our review of long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517939
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Is the Chinese growth miracle built to last?
Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2007
, especially those related to having an open capital account, do not loom large in the case of China. In the process of securing …, especially those related to having an open capital account, do not loom large in the case of China. In the process of securing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539352
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Has China's growth gone from miracle to malady?
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2023
China's remarkable run of persistently high growth in recent decades is all the more stunning in light of the country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279871
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Quantifying optimal growth policy
Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M.; Trimborn, Timo - 2010
The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003976826
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Industrialization under medieval conditions? : global development after COVID-19
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization - innovation and trade - are in danger of being compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic, under conditions increasingly reminiscent of the medieval world. It comes at a time when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306216
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Entrepreneurship, education and the fourth industrial revolution in Africa
Naudé, Wim - 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through three interrelated sets of technologies, namely automation, additive manufacturing and the Industrial Internet. In this paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694809
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Three varieties of Africa's industrial future
Naudé, Wim - 2019
This paper shows that African economies have generally not de-industrialized, that manufacturing growth is very possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is concerned, African countries will in differing degrees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122074