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This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach …
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At the very time that professional skepticism concerning the effectiveness of foreign aid has reached new heights, donors seem to be ready to substantially increase the volume of aid they are willing to make available. This paper attempts to address this paradox by first examining the record of...
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There is some scepticism about Korea as role model of development as the Korean model involved a considerable degree of ….s catch-up development, arguing that the real lesson from Korea is not the role of government but the fact that it was able to …
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Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that matters for economic growth. Using panel data on 60 countries spanning the period 2003-07 this paper establishes that (i) opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to...
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The Chilean development story of the last two to three decades is a mix of successes in the macro, growth, poverty and … development model include urban insecurity and rising crime, pollution, pressure on natural resources, congestion and social … size enterprises. Chilean democracy would benefit from a redefinition in development priorities towards less power for the …
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Progress in achieving institutional changes should be evaluated through the prism of their influence on the development … systemic change and socioeconomic development, GDP growth over the periods considered could have increased by more than half …
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Vietnam.s development performance since the early 1990s has been one of the strongest in the world, following the …
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Tunisia.s recent growth and development performance relative to countries in its region, and relative to countries at … similar levels of development in other parts of the world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, have been notable. An analysis … of Tunisia.s path to development reveals that the country.s development strategy relied primarily on diversifying its …
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development of the Swiss economy in the nineteenth and twentieth century. We describe how Switzerland evolved from a relatively … markets as well as a high degree of competition were crucial for the development of the Swiss economy. In addition, the Swiss …
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