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Service Sector Led Economic Growth in India and Some Measurement and Database Issues
Saikia, Dilip - 2017
In recent years there has been a rapid and sustained growth of the service sector in the Indian economy. But unfortunately, while the importance of the services is growing statistical data and other relevant information of the services are abysmally low. There are problems relating to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187326
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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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Co-evolutionary policy processes: Understanding innovative economies and future resilience
Sotarauta, Markku; Srinivas, Smita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The great debates of most fields associated with economic development rest on emergence versus intention and the interplay between the two. The “residual” of unexplained divergence between goal and outcome, in this sense, can be ascribed in part to the interplay, or co-evolution, between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257931
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Looking East, looking West: Penang as a knowledge hub
Gerke, Solvay; Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Penang has always been a focal point, absorbing knowledge (and popular culture) from civilizations to the East and West. In modern Penang the pattern of cultural contacts has changed over time. Research institutes and universities in Penang cooperate with foreign partners to produce research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009328144
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Services-led industrialization in India: Assessment and lessons
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
discusses the nature of services, their distinction from products, and their categorization. It provides an overview of India … growth potentials. Based on this evidence, it appears that India’s manufacturing sector development may have been constrained … of different growth paths, the challenges of education and manpower training to support and sustain India’s development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786966
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Federalism and economic development in India: An assessment
Singh, Nirvikar; Srinivasan, T.N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines India’s federal system in the context of prospects for India’s future economic growth and … development. After a brief review of India’s recent policy reforms and economic development outcomes, and of the country’s federal … institutions, the analysis focuses on the major issues with respect to India’s federal system in terms of their developmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787082
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“Economic freedom” and economic growth: questioning the claim that freer markets make societies more prosperous
Cohen, Joseph N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A conventional reading of economic history implies that free market reforms rescued the world’s economies from stagnancy during the 1970s and 1980s. I reexamine a well-established econometric literature linking economic freedom to growth, and argue that their positive findings hinge on two...
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Economic growth dynamics across countries.
Ewa, Lechman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Economic growth is one of the most important issues discussed worldwide. Its dynamics over time seem to be crucial from the perspective of the ability of poor countries to catch up with highly developed economies. As can be easily noticed in world statistics, both GDP per capita and GDP growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258876
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Monetary systems, sustainable growth and inclusive economic development
Omerčević, Edo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The main objective of this study is to review the literature on monetary issues and discuss how money and monetary systems contribute to the achievement of sustainable growth and inclusive economic development. The paper is based on an extensive review of literature that deals with monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261028
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Microfinancing for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development; a Case for Nigeria
Awojobi, Omotola; Bein, Murad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The main focus of this research is to juxtapose the features of microfinancing and the institutional forbearance of economic development in Nigeria. Based on empirical study, it has been observed that poverty is multifaceted and its persistence is due to lack of productive resources. The...
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