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Development patterns and the international order
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1977
The concept of basic needs is today at the center of many discussions about development and the international order. Some international organizations are rethinking their prior evaluation of development policies based largely on aggregate economic output, in particular, the welfare of the very...
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Measuring the maritime potential of nations. The CenPRIS ocean index, phase one (ASEAN)
Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper describes the methods used to construct an index to measure the maritime potential of nations. This prototype uses a limited number of variables to measure (a) the locational advantage of having a long coastline in comparison to the landmass (Maritime Potential Index MPI) , (b) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147910
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The Glue of Democracy: Economics, Warfare and Values in Classical Greece
Kyriazis, Nicholas; Paparrigopoulos, Xenophon; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
its hoplites, and the trieres at sea, its economic base, and the emergence of democracy in classical Greece. We propose … again were the necessary conditions for the emergence of democracy, then again, a unique phenomenon. We then turn to … seapower, which according to our analysis was a sufficient condition for the establishment and endurance of democracy, because …
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Bangladesh’s Democractic Challenge
Quibria, M.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
-party democracy—these are the obvious first steps for a procedural democracy . They will extinguish the immediate fire, but do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240425
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Social Development – A Multidimensional Approach To Social Development Analysis. Country Level Evidence for Year 2011
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
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The Effectiveness of Competition Policy: An Econometric Assessment in Developed and Developing Countries
Samà, Danilo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The ultimate objective of the present paper is to empirically investigate the effectiveness of competition policy in developed and developing countries. Although its importance is continuously increasing, the effectiveness of competition policy still seems to lack the attention that it would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109090
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Government Spending on Education and Closing the Gender Gap : The Case of Developing Economies
Emara, Noha; Hegazy, Azza - 2021
Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of the most challenging goals for most developing economies. Using Panel Least Square with Regional Dummies (LSDV) for a sample of Developing countries over the period 1990 to 2014,...
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Developing Economies with Industrial Policy: Towards a Toolbox for Economic Growth. With Case Studies of Jordan and Egypt
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
During the past two decades, the “Washington Consensus” has been the dominant recipe for unleashing economic growth in developing countries. In view of the strong criticism mounted against it, it seems to have lost prominence recently. The success of the East Asian newly industrialized...
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Achieving the MDGs – A Note
Kishtany, Naill; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The material and symbolic importance of these targets make it vital to assess the analytical coherence of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) “project”. In this spirit, this paper highlights complexities and difficulties of the MDG approach. Specifically, it outlines a framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693575
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Diversity of the rural farming households and policy issues: an analysis based on a case study in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa
Anseeuw, Ward; Laurent, Catherine; Modiselle, Salome; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
The transition from apartheid to integrated development is a contradictory process characterised by negotiations between an intervention and a market-driven liberal approach. Regarding agriculture, it was expected that a highly efficient and economically viable market-directed farming sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727896