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fostering economic growth and development. This paper provides a selective review of the literature, as well as new empirical … evidence on the relationship between financial development and economic growth for a large cross-section sample of countries …. While the results indicate that the effect of financial development on growth is positive, the size of the effect varies …
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performance in the region. Using the latest cross-country data, this study empirically readdresses the question of whether …
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The coexistence of urban and rural poverty and migration to cities is studied in a dual economy model where the acquisition of skills is costly and involves migration to urban areas. In this model, both the distribution of innate abilities and the distribution of wealth matter for the migration...
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This paper elaborates on a number of key principles that need to underpin a coherent and development …
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declines. Monetary policy, financial development, per capita GDP, and the de jure exchange rate classification matter less …
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behavior of the strong toward the weak, in preconditions for economic development. …
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This paper assesses the impact of the steadily growing remittance flows to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Though the region … effect, and promote financial development. These findings hold even after factoring in the reverse causality between … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …
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We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions "trumps" everything else. Controlling for institutions,...
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India has followed an idiosyncratic pattern of development, certainly compared with other fast-growing Asian economies …
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This paper investigates the main postulations of the R&D based growth models that innovation is created in the R&D sectors and it enables sustainable economic growth, provided that there are constant returns to innovation in terms of R&D. The analysis employs various panel data techniques and...
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