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The Proliferation of Fiscal Incentives and the Nicaraguan State as a Manager of Rents: A Political Economy Perspective on Nicaraguan Industrial Policy Since 1990
Maas, Hauke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper finds that the proliferation of fiscal incentives in the form of tax exemptions in Nicaragua since 1990 … productive investments, Nicaragua’s tax incentives are merely “assistentialist” and lack effectiveness. For a dynamic industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837331
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Services-led industrialization in India: Assessment and lessons
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper provides an integrated analysis of the role of the service sector in recent Indian economic development. It discusses the nature of services, their distinction from products, and their categorization. It provides an overview of India’s overall growth experience, and a detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786966
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Abu Dhabi und Dubai: Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung wie aus 1001 Nacht?
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The development of Abu Dhabi and Dubai during past years seems breathtaking. Both emirates pursue a strategy of diversifying their economic structure and thus of becoming less dependent on oil and gas. The obvious goal is to secure their prosperity for an era beyond oil. Diversification is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109131
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Discurso e contexto: política siderúrgica no primeiro governo Vargas (1930-1937)
Barros, Gustavo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In February 1931, Getúlio Vargas delivered a well known speech in Belo Horizonte and made then one of his most important public interventions in the Brazilian steel-making debate. This speech made fortune in the historiography, above all for its incisive statement in favor of a national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114237
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260809
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Clusterwettbewerbe: Eine Option für Entwicklungsländer?
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Cluster policy has gained remarkable prominence in regional and sectoral structural policy in industrialized countries. Instead of compensating for weaknesses it focuses on strengths in the local and regional economic structure. In Germany, handing out regional development funds in competitions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110941
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Does the insurance effect of public and private transfers favor financial deepening? evidence from rural Nicaragua
Hernandez-Hernandez, Emilio; Sam, Abdoul G.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
a loan via changes in credit demand and supply. Empirical evidence from poor rural households in Nicaragua shows CCTs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260385
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Nicaragua: el desafío pendiente de superación de la pobreza
Gallardo, Mauricio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619171
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Central America's Macroeconomic Environment and the Role of the Investment Climate under Free Trade
Gould, David; Loening, Josef L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Central America's economic performance in recent years has benefited from improved macroeconomic management, a favorable external environment, as well as rising investor confidence since the region has pursued greater access to global markets, particularly with the signing of DR-CAFTA in 2004....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680306
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Evolución de la Pobreza Multidimensional en Nicaragua, 2001-2009
Espinoza-Delgado, José Luis; López-Laborda, Julio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua applying the methodology developed by Alkire and Foster … using the 2001, 2005 and 2009 Nicaragua Living Standards Measurement Survey data. Eleven dimensions are considered and three … case of Nicaragua. In general, this paper, in addition to questioning the official poverty estimates in Nicaragua and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156999