This paper discusses the channels between openness and productivity and trade hampering factors. The stylized facts …

This paper investigates the linkages between trade policy openness and economic growth for Pakistan for the period 1973 … to 2008. The paper tests the hypothesis that trade policy does not affect economic growth directly rather it affects … through some growth determining economic variables, which then effect economic growth. For this purpose a simultaneous system …

on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate … growth but (b) that the addition to growth depends inversely on the level of wealth inequality prior to opening. These … findings confirm the general importance for rapid growth in developing countries of reducing inequalities of opportunity. …

growth as it “opens up” is contingent upon its own peculiarities …

What explains Cambodia’s double digit growth in 2006, 2005, and 2004 of 11%, 13%, and 10%, respectively, despite … growth focused around two types of sectors in Cambodia: 1) Successful sectors such as garments in which the chapter seeks to …

“capital accumulation channel” and the “total factor productivity (TFP) growth channel”. This paper carries out the first …-induced” productivity improvement significantly enhance growth? And finally, what is the magnitude of the TFP growth channel compared to the … productivity. Most interestingly, our estimates suggest that this channel conveys the most important part of the growth …

The role of productivity in accelerating the pace of economic growth is well recognized in economic literature and this …