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Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing … capital, and organizational performance, as well as introduces interpretations from co-evolutionary dynamics and the role of …
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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been successfully used as an industrial policy tool in many countries. Efforts to create SEZs in Tanzania began in 2002, and were stepped up through the establishment of the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) in 2006. A number of state-run zones are now in...
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migrant remittances. Between 2000 and 2007, the cluster with the fastest growth was not that which most reformed its economy …
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We introduce two separate datasets - the Global Consumption Dataset and the Global Income Dataset - containing an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the world. The benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates in...
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Ghana is relatively rare among Sub-Saharan African countries in having had sustained positive growth every year since … the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the nature of the growth and then presents an analysis of the evolution of both …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …
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This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces … growth. However, when we identify an inequality threshold, we find that inequality is positively associated with growth if …
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After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since … around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as …
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. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in …
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2010s. The evidence suggests that effective SBRs can matter for economic performance. The case studies suggest that SBRs … SBRs measures are related to higher economic growth and firm level productivity. …
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Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and …
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