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Export Diversification in Low-Income Countries and Small States : Do Country Size and Income Level Matter?

Lee, Dongyeol - 2019

Export structure is less diversified in low-income countries (LICs) and especially small states that face resource constraints and small economic size. This paper explores the potential linkages between export structure and economic growth and its volatility in LICs and small states, using a...

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Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An Inquiry into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations

Das, Gouranga Gopal - 2007

Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium...

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R&D, Innovation, and Economic Growth : An Empirical Analysis

Ulku, Hulya - 2006

This paper investigates the main postulations of the Ramp;D based growth models that innovation is created in the Ramp …;D sectors and it enables sustainable economic growth, provided that there are constant returns to innovation in terms of Ramp … for the period 1981-97. The results suggest a positive relationship between per capita GDP and innovation in both OECD and …

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Capital Inflows, Financial Development, and Domestic Investment : Determinants and Inter-Relationships

Luca, Oana - 2012

We examine determinants of, and interactions between, capital inflows, financial development, and domestic investment in developing countries during 2001-07, a period of surging global liquidity and low interest rates. Reductions in the global price of risk and in domestic borrowing costs were...

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Domestic Amplifiers of External Shocks : Growth Accelerations and Reversals in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

Gruss, Bertrand - 2019

External conditions have been found to influence the tendency of emerging market and developing economies to experience episodes of growth accelerations and reversals. In this paper we study the role of domestic policies and other structural attributes in amplifying or mitigating the effect that...

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Credit Booms and Macroeconomic Dynamics : Stylized Facts and Lessons for Low-Income Countries

Arena, Marco - 2015

Using a comprehensive database on bank credit, covering 135 developing countries over the period 1960–2011, we identify, document, and compare the macro-economic dynamics of credit booms across low- and middle-income countries. The results suggest that while the duration and magnitude of...

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Loss-of-Learning and the Post-COVID Recovery in Low-Income Countries

Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher; Zanna, Luis-Felipe; … - 2022

We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...

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The Development of Local Capital Markets : Rationale and Challenges

Laeven, Luc - 2015

Capital markets can improve risk sharing and the efficiency with which capital is allocated to the real economy, boosting economic growth and welfare. However, despite these potential benefits, not all countries have well developed capital markets. Moreover, government-led initiatives to develop...

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Technological and Economic Decoupling in the Cyber Era

Garcia-Macia, Daniel; Goyal, Rishi - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward digital services. Meanwhile, the race for technological and economic leadership has heated up, with risks of decoupling that could set back trade and growth and hinder the recovery from the worst global recession since the Great Depression....

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It's Not What You Make, It's How You Use it : Measuring the Welfare Benefits of the it Revolution Across Countries

Bayoumi, Tamim; Haacker, Markus - 2021

This paper analyzes the welfare benefits from falling relative prices of IT (information technology) goods across a wide range of countries. We find, using two separate methodologies and datasets, that welfare benefits mainly accrue to users of IT, not their producers, because of falling...

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