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Assessing the Impact of Ease of Doing Business and Corruption on Economic Growth for Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) Member States
Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2018
A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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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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Mechanisms of Resource Curse, Economic Policy and Growth
Polterovich, Victor; Popov, Vladimir; Tonis, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper analyzes economic policies in resource rich countries and various mechanisms of resource curse leading to a potentially inefficient use of resources. Arguments are provided in favor of "conditional resource curse" hypothesis: resource abundance hampers growth if institutions of a...
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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...
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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...
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Services-led industrialization in India: Assessment and lessons
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
growth potentials. Based on this evidence, it appears that India’s manufacturing sector development may have been constrained …
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More and better jobs for Pakistan: Can the manufacturing sector play a greater role
Amjad, Rashid; Yusuf, Anam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The central issue that this paper analysis is the role the manufacturing sector can play in reviving and sustaining … Southeast Asian economies.It identifies needed policy measures to revive growth in manufacturing as well as generating decent …
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Industrialization and the role of government
Takeuchi, Nobuyuki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We construct a two-sector endogenous growth model to examine the role of government in industrialization. Three main … as a production factor and (c) technological progress occurs only in the manufacturing sector through learning … dynamics of the model. The model reveals that (a) increments in both agricultural productivity and manufacturing productivity …
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Foreign Aid, Legal Origin, Economic Growth and Africa’s Least Developed Countries
Wamboye, Evelyn; Adekola, Abel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The issue of foreign aid dependency in African countries remains controversial among policy makers. So far, there is no consensus on aid effectiveness and the resulting policy prescriptions have been conflicting. The Euro zone which provides the bulk of foreign aid to developing countries, is...
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Growth Effects of Globalization in the Low Income African Countries: A Systems GMM Panel Data Approach
Rao, B. Bhaskara; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The relationship between globalization and economic growth in the developing countries remains controversial. Liberals argue that globalization will lead to higher economic growth and prosperity. Skeptics contend the opposite, where globalization processes might lead to increased inequality and...
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