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Growth, history, or institutions? What explains state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - 2010
We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269665
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Growth, colonization, and institutional development: In and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa's peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278552
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216756
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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529151
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Capital Fundamentalism and Structural Transformation
Tohari, Achmad; Parsons, Christopher; Rammohan, Anu - 2021
We revisit the role of Capital Fundamentalism, in the context of the Government of Indonesia's Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT or Left Behind Village) Program, which injected capital into poor village economies. We evaluate the impact of the program on village welfare and structural transformation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597590
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Financial sector regulation and reforms in emerging markets: An overview
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2010
This paper provides an overview of the complex conceptual and practical challenges that emerging market economies face as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest for financial stability with the imperatives of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274638
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Institutions and Development in MENA Region: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector
Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali - 2015
authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481665
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Financial Sector Regulation and Reforms in Emerging Markets: An Overview
Prasad, Eswar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper provides an overview of the complex conceptual and practical challenges that emerging market economies face as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest for financial stability with the imperatives of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682959
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Institutions and Development in MENA Region: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector
Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125875
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Cities and Entrepreneurs over Time: Like a Horse and Carriage?
Naudé, Wim - 2017
(urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of entrepreneurs. Second, I provide a stylized overview of entrepreneurship and … 'smart' cities, 'circular' cities, and of sub-urbanisation and secondary city growth. Over time not all cities, and their …, serendipity and context-specificity of global urbanisation implies that there is much that is still unknown about the specifics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816467