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We study labor productivity in agriculture within a two-region, two factor and two commodity economy. Increases in productivity can lead to higher or to lower agricultural prices, depending on the internal structure of the economy. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for either outcome;...
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The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
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This article outlines work in progress on a study of technological choice in the context of North-South development …
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empirically as to what extent has been influenced by oil wealth. First, we will test if economic growth and development is …This paper attempts to study precisely the natural resource (oil& gas reserves) effect on economic development profile … footprints by comparing development and political indicators in Persian Gulf with comparison of different subcategories of …
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Debate over Growth and Development are quite old in the history of economic thinking. It is argued that development … paper analyses the growth and development experience in India using multiple indicators. Development seems to have lagged … the remarkable growth that has occurred recently has not been egalitarian and hence development has failed to keep pace …
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prolonged exceptional growth which can be considered, at least economically, a solution to a crisis. I draw two immediate … means that sustainable growth, centered on the enhancement and extension of the human spirit instead of the material … the gross inequalities characterizing the present crisis; but, second, to initiate a new process of growth in which the …
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Zak & Knack (2001) demonstrate that interpersonal trust substantially impacts economic growth, and that sufficient … interpersonal trust is necessary for economic development. To investigate the ability of policy-makers to affect trust levels, this … for trust-raising policies when policy-makers seek to stimulate economic growth. Policies examined include those that …
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Julian Simon has stated, in many of his recent publications, that population growth, although reducing income per … capita in the short run through capital dilution, increases the rate of growth of that same income per capita in the long run …
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overcome this problem, which is the main cause of deceleration in the growth momentum of Pakistan’s economy. Due to lack of … growth phase (1978 to 2002) in Pakistan. This paper argues that economic as well as non-economic factors are responsible for … rates in the economy, increase expenditures on infrastructural development activities and that can also increase the …
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economic growth process halted. This paper traces the extent of Liberia’s collapse, and examines the patterns of post … faced by Liberia in strengthening rapid, inclusive, and sustained economic growth and how these challenges were converted … pace for sustainable economic growth in Liberia. Because of these steps, the economic growth, which was very low before …
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