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The Jesuits as Knowledge Brokers Between Europe and China (1582-1773): Shaping European Views of the Middle Kingdom
Millar, Ashley E. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
perception of the Middle Kingdom and contributed to the evolution of Orientalism. It examines the evolution of the Jesuit mission …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870547
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Natural selection and the evolution of life expectancy
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2004
process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318901
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Evolution and the growth process: Natural selection of entrepreneurial traits
Galor, Oded - 2011
This research suggests that the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … economic development and the dynamics of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growth promoting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284032
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ICTs and rural development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2006
communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322716
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India's economic growth: From socialist rate of growth to Bharatiya rate of growth
Virmani, Arvind - 2004
details of the various phases of development and the role thatgovernment and government monopoly has played in different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807532
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Land inequality and the origin of divergence and overtaking in the growth process: Theory and evidence
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - 2003
beneficial in early stages of development, generated in later stages a hurdle for human capital accumulation and economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318867
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The resource curse and its potential reversal
Boschini, Anne; Pettersson, Jan; Roine, Jesper - 2012
Several recent papers suggest that the negative association between natural resource intensity and economic growth can be reversed if institutional quality is high enough. We try to understand this result in more detail by decomposing the resource measure, using alternative measures of both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321368
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ICTs and rural development in India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2006
communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285313