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The Quality of Governance : Second-Generation Civil Service Reform in Africa
International Monetary Fund - 1998
proposed set of “second-generation” reforms for Africa. In the post-colonial era the quality of governance has seriously …
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Africa Rising : Harnessing the Demographic Dividend
Drummond, Paulo - 2014
Africa will account for 80 percent of the projected 4 billion increase in the global population by 2100. The …
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The spending challenge of achieving the SDGs in South Asia : lessons from India
García-Escribano, Mercedes; Tewodaj Mogues; Moszoro, … - 2021
South Asia has experienced significant progress in improving human and physical capital over the past few decades. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous development potential ahead. To foster human and economic development, India has shown a strong...
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The Prospects for Sustained Growth in Africa : Benchmarking the Constraints
Subramanian, Arvind - 2007
sustained growth for sub-Saharan Africa. This analysis suggests that what are usually regarded as first-order problems …-broad institutions, macroeconomic stability, trade openness, education, and inequality-may not now be binding constraints in Africa … Africa. A key question is to what extent Africa can rely on manufactured exports as a mode of ""escape from underdevelopment …
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Sustaining Growth Accelerations and Pro-Poor Growth in Africa
Gupta, Sanjeev - 2005
Are improvements in growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the mid-1990s sustainable? What types of growth strategies …
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The endogenous skill bias of technical change and inequality in developing countries
Behar, Alberto - 2013
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Can international technological diffusion substitute for coordinated global policies to mitigate climate change?
Barrett, Philip - 2021
In short, yes. I use a multi-region integrated assessment model with fuel-specific endogenous technical change to examine the impact of Europe and China reducing emissions to zero by mid-century. Without international technological diffusion this is insufficient to avoid catastrophic climate...
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Global climate change mitigation, fossil-fuel driven development, and the role of financial and technology transfers : a simple framework
Wiegand, Johannes - 2021
Climate financing and compensation have emerged as key themes in the international climate mitigation debate. According to one argument in support of compensation, advanced economies (AEs) have used up much of the atmosphere's absorptive capacity, thus causing global warming and blocking a...
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International technology sourcing and knowledge spillovers : evidence from OECD countries
Chen, Sophia; Dauchy, Estelle - 2018
How much do firms benefit from foreign R and D and through what channel? We construct a global network of corporate innovation using more than 1.5 million patents granted to firms in OECD countries. We test the 'international technology sourcing' hypothesis that foreign innovation activities tap...
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Technology and Epidemics
Chong, Alberto - 1999
Evidence from historical and epidemiological literatures show that epidemics tend to spread in the population according to a logistic pattern. We conjecture that the impact of new technologies on output follows a pattern of spread not unlike that of typical epidemics. After reaching a critical...
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