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Economic Development in Pre-Independence Botswana, 1820-1966: Historical Trends, Contributing and Countervailing Factors

Hlavac, Marek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper examines the trajectory of economic development in Botswana between the years 1820 and 1966, when it … then proceed to analyze what factors have encouraged or hindered economic development in Botswana: In particular, I focus …, demographic trends, as well as on ethnic divisions and cultural belief systems. Finally, I discuss how prepared Botswana was for …

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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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Is “economic freedom” strictly free market capitalism? A decompositional analysis of the Economic Freedom of the World index

Cohen, Joseph N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World is often taken as a metric of market capitalism. This paper argues that the index is an amalgam of measures capturing free markets and good governance, and analysts should remain cognizant of this conceptual conflation when using the index...

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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...

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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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The stuff of legend: diamonds and development in southern Africa

Noland, Marcus; Spector, Brooks - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This essay establishes four propositions. First, the diamond industry has been a positive force for development in southern Africa. Second, jewelry, among the most profitable segments of the industry, is a non-essential luxury, and accordingly, consumer concerns over conflict diamonds pose a...

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Botswana’s revealed comparative advantage

Makochekanwa, Albert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Analysis of Botswana’s competitiveness in world trade has been presented based on indices of revealed comparative … advantage (RCA) calculated for the period 1999 and 2004. Results show that Botswana has RCA in diamonds, copper matte, and meat …

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Inclusive Growth Through Creation of Human and Social Capital

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper analyses inclusive growth that focuses on the creation of opportunities for all. Inclusive growth allows people to contribute to and benefit from economic growth, while pro-poor growth approaches focusing on welfare of the poor only to reduce inequality. Recently, economics literature...

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Comment on "Multinational Firms and Backward Linkages" by Ping Lin and Kamal Saggi

Keane, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

I highlight some of the key econometric problems facing the literature on FDI spillovers. For the most part, the existing literature takes the approach of estimating production functions in which the total factor productivity (TFP) of the domestic firms in a particular industry/country is...

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Taxes, National Identity, and Nation Building: Evidence from France

Johnson, Noel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

What is the relationship between state capacity, national identity, and economic development? This paper argues that increases in state capacity can lower the collective action costs associated with political and economic exchange by encouraging the formation of a common identity. This...

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