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Is the elephant stepping on its trunk? The problem of India´s unbalanced growth
Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - 2007
It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … development pattern in India. …
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The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective
van Ark, Bart - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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The Service Sector as India's Road to Economic Growth?
Eichengreen, Barry; Gupta, Poonam - 2010
Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector. However, sceptics … underscores the importance for India of continuing to invest in labour skills. We conclude that sustaining economic growth and …
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Economic Challenges for East Timor
Lundahl, Mats; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2020
The situation in East Timor is turbulent and future growth prospects are indeterminate. This paper discusses the economic challenges facing East Timor. Most inhabitants depend on subsistence farming and there is a need to both modernize agriculture and to foster a modern sector that can generate...
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Skills and human capital for the low-carbon transition in developing and emerging economies
Vona, Francesco - 2023
Developing and emerging economies face enormous challenges to reconcile economic development and job creation with decarbonization. An essential aspect of such "early-stage" decoupling of growth and carbon emissions is to develop a skill base that favours the diffusion of green productions and...
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Growth Complementarity Between Agriculture and Industry: Evidence from a Panel of Developing Countries
de Souza, Joao Paulo A. - 2014
Using dynamic panel models with data for 62 developing countries, this paper examines whether growth in agriculture elicits growth in manufacturing. For identification, I use population-weighted, average temperature as an instrument for growth in agriculture. I identify large short-run effects:...
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Cultural assimilation, cultural diffusion and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2007
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...
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The impact of geography an natural resource abundance on growth in Central Asia
Felipe, Jesus; Kumar, Utsav - 2010
This paper examines the growth experience of the Central Asian economies after the breakup of the Soviet Union. In particular, it evaluates the impact of being landlocked and resource rich. The main conclusions are: (1) Over the period 1994-2006, the landlocked resourcescarce developing...
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashrafy, Quamrul; Galorz, Oded - 2011
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284033
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Technology adoption and access to credit via mobile phones
Gupta, Apoorv; Ponticelli, Jacopo; Tesei, Andrea - 2019
network expansion in rural India on adoption of high yielding variety seeds and chemical fertilizers. Our empirical strategy …
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