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Factor Reallocation and Growth in Developing Countries
Poirson, Hélène - 2000
This paper examines the extent to which developing countries benefit from intersectoral factor transfers by specifying the impact and determinants of sectoral changes and of the degree of dualism (or allocation inefficiency) in a dual economy model. Conditions under which factor reallocation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399960
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Structural reforms and productivity growth in emerging market and developing economies
Dabla-Norris, Era; Ho, Giang; Kyobe, Annette - 2016
This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across … reforms matter more for increasing productivity growth at the aggregate and sectoral levels for some emerging market and … payoffs, the paper also examines how productivity gains from various reforms evolve over the the short- and medium-term …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436763
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Reinvigorating growth in Belize
Vasilʹev, D. S. - 2019
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Belize grew faster than its regional peers. By the mid-2000s, however, economic growth had slowed down to the regional average. A vicious circle of low growth and increasing public debt has been clouding Belize's outlook. This paper applies a growth diagnostic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001597
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Analysis of Recent Growth in Low-Income Cis Countries
Loukoianova, Elena - 2004
Independent States.2 The main findings are as follows: (1) productivity gains in export-oriented sectors and expansion of exports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401038
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Growth, Governance, and Fiscal Policy Transmission Channels in Low-Income Countries
Kojo, Naoko C. - 2003
productivity. Empirical results reported in this paper confirm this expectation: in low-income countries, factor productivity is … from a reduction in unsustainable fiscal deficits because of governance-related factor productivity responses that increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403971
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Does Openness to International Financial Flows Raise Productivity Growth?
Prasad, Eswar - 2008
productivity (TFP) growth using an extensive dataset that includes various measures of productivity and financial openness for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401740
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The welfare implications of services liberalization in a developing country : evidence from Tunisia
Jouini, Nizar; Rebei, Nooman - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756810
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The Welfare Implications of Services Liberalization in a Developing Country : Evidence from Tunisia
Jouini, Nizar - 2013
We propose an integrated method based on a two-sector small open economy dynamic and stochastic general equilibrium model to estimate non-tariff barriers and quantify the impact of services liberalization. The major component of trade barriers is explicitly modeled through the introduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395212
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Rethinking development policy : deindustrialization, servicification and structural transformation
Atolia, Manoj; Loungani, Prakash; Marquis, Milton H.; … - 2018
This paper takes a fresh look at the current theories of structural transformation and the role of private and public fundamentals in the process. It summarizes some representative past and current experiences of various countries vis-a-vis structural transformation with a focus on the roles of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932306
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Importing inputs for climate change mitigation : the case of agricultural productivity
García-Verdú, Rodrigo; Meyer Cirkel, Alexis; … - 2019
This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009267