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Review of the role of government in East Asian economic development, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997, Aoki, Kim and Okuno - Fujiwara (editors)
Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
This is an important and ambitious book but its timing could not be more unfortunate. It is the result of a two year research project co-sponsored by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) at the World Bank and by the Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. The contributors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110023
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"Economic Growth and the Natural World"
Wesson, Joseph - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This is a survey of some ideas relating to the theory of economic growth and how economic growth impacts the natural world.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111571
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Short run and long run dynamics of impact of health status on economic growth Evidence from Pakistan
Akram, Naeem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper investigates the impacts of different health indicators on Economic growth in Pakistan. The Cointegration and Error Correction techniques were applied on the time series data of Pakistan for the period of 1972-2006. We find that Per capita GDP is positively influenced by health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025711
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Foreign Direct Investment, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Malaysia
Hassan, Gulam; Aslam, Mohamed; Abou Sakar, Sameer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
. This paper examines the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Human Capital (HC) development on economic growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257802
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ICT and Productivity Growth in Transition Economies: Two-Phase Convergence and Structural Reforms
Piatkowski, Marcin; Bart, van Ark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
investment in ICT capital has strongly increased, total factor productivity (TFP) growth has made the largest contribution to … manufacturing, which was facilitated by rapid ICT investment in new plants, and by growth in ICT production in particular through … flexibility, business re-organization and investment in human capital and ICT skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869296
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Some Lessons from Korea's Industrialization Strategy and Experience
Romana, Sta.; L, Leonardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We look at Korea's industrialization strategy and experience from the 1960s to the mid-1990s. Three elements of the Korean industrial development and structural change are discussed: 1) its outward orientation and export push, 2) its climb up the ladder of comparative advantage, and 3) its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112182
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The Role of USAID in Development in Egypt
Attia, Sayed Moawad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
(TAPRII). I will discuss the items of the program that made the environment conducive to trade and investment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005033504
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Aid and Growth Regressions
Hansen, Henrik; Tarp, Finn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
effectiveness of aid is highly sensitive to the choice of estimator and the set of control variables. When investment and human … capital are controlled for, no positive effect of aid is found. Yet, aid continues to impact on growth via investment. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183142
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Do Sufficient Institutions Alter the Relationship between Natural Resources and Economic Growth?
Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to test whether institutional governance and its performance is a main driving force to achieve a positive relationship between natural resources and economic growth in the long run. The main objective is to ascertain what kind of institutional governance would be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056564
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Economic Growth Dynamics Across Countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze GDP PPP per capita growth rates across countries in the period 1980-2008, as well as to identify top and bottom country performers. In addition, the author verifies the statistical relationship between GDP PPP per capita and some arbitrary selected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147300