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Development Economics as Taught in Developing Countries

McKenzie, David J.; Paffhausen, Anna Luisa - 2015

examinations to examine how the subject of development economics is taught at the undergraduate and masters levels in developing … heterogeneity in what is considered development economics: there is a narrow core of only a small set of topics such as growth … variation in other topics covered. In developing countries, development economics is taught largely as a theoretical subject …

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Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and ... Urban Push?

Christiaensen, Luc J.; Gindelsky, Marina; Jedwab, Remi - 2015

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural-urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrialization and urban-biased policies). Using new...

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Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2014

Are jobs created by foreign investors good jobs? The evidence reviewed in this article is consistent with the view that jobs created by FDI are good jobs, both from the worker's and the country's perspective. From the worker's perspective, this is because such jobs are likely to pay higher wages...

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Do Private Water Utility Operators Care about Regulatory Agencies in Developing Countries?

Bertomeu-Sanchez, Salvador; CamoS, Daniel; Estache, Antonio - 2017

This paper shows that the creation of an independent regulatory agency is often not a necessary or sufficient condition to help attract private participation in the operation and financing of the water and sanitation sector in developing countries. However, the odds of an impact are...

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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2012

The authors analyze the role of international technological diffusion for firm-level technological innovations in several developing countries. Their findings show that, after controlling for firm, industry, and country characteristics, exporting and importing activities are important channels...

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Financial Inclusion and Economic Development

Ansar, Saniya; Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe - 2025

This paper reviews the impact of financial inclusion on economic development outcomes. It highlights the benefits of financial inclusion, including greater savings, improved resilience to economic shocks, and higher levels of economic empowerment, among others. It looks deeper into both the...

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Demographic Change and Development : Looking at Challenges and Opportunities through a New Typology

Ahmed, S. Amer; Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da; Quillan, Bryce - 2016

Demographic change can be a positive contributor to development at any stage of demographic transition. This paper revisits the literature on the determinants and economic impacts of demographic change, and presents a new global typology that classifies countries into four categories based on...

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Informality in the Process of Development and Growth

Loayza, Norman - 2016

"Informality" is a term used to describe the collection of firms, workers, and activities that operate outside the legal and regulatory systems. It is widespread in the majority of developing countries--in a typical developing economy, the informal sector produces about 35 percent of gross...

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From Commodity Discovery to Production

Khan, Tehmina; Nguyen, Trang Van; Ohnsorge, Franziska; … - 2016

Major resource discoveries have transformed growth prospects for many low-income countries. However, the sharp downturn in commodity prices in recent years is affecting resource investment in these countries, and may delay the development of recent discoveries into production. This study...

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Measuring Firm-Level Innovation Using Short Questionnaires : Evidence from an Experiment

Cirera, Xavier; Muzi, Silvia - 2016

Little is known about innovation in developing countries, partly because of the lack of comparable and reliable data. Collecting data on firm-level innovation is challenging because of the subjective definition of what determines an innovation, a problem that is exacerbated in developing...

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