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size of government tends to increase, predictably in an attempt of redistribution, or to buy out the electorate, so that … some countries, the evidence presented here is rather informative of what to expect in terms of government size during …
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The paper examines how much governance matters for long run economic development in poor countries. Answering this … effects, and possible feedback from growth into governance will violate the exogeneity assumptions of many estimators. Bias … interaction between governance and growth shows considerable country-specificity. In the presence of heterogeneity, estimation …
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the study is the significant role played by governance in explaining the long-term pattern of domestic investment in … imperative to incorporate the significant role played by governance. …
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of institutional quality considered in our study, namely government efficiency, regulatory quality, rule of law …
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compatibility and asymmetric information framework. We characterize the decision-making problem in government and public sector as … analysis on some African Countries and show that the quality of governance influences GDP growth, Employment Creation, and …
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This paper explores the reasons for the unbalanced growth structure of South Africa. While a number of emerging markets show a high proportion of value added and employment being generated by the service sector, South Africa is one of very few such economies that also show a strong decline in...
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Rather than a rigid racial ideology, it is argued that South African apartheid was a pragmatic response of a white oligarchy to changing economic and political constraints. Consequently, the degree to which apartheid principles were applied and enforced by the South African state varied over...
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The stylized view of the Dutch Cape Colony (1652-1795) is of a poor, subsistence economy, with little progress in the first 143 years of Dutch rule. New evidence from probate inventory and auction roll records show that previous estimates about wealth at the Cape are inaccurate. In contrast to...
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The public healthcare sector in developing countries face many challenges, including weak healthcare systems and under resourced facilities that deliver poor outcomes relative to total healthcare expenditure. Healthcare delivery, access to healthcare and cost containment has the potential for...
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Central bank communication is widely recognised as crucial to the implementation of monetary policy. This communication should enhance a central bank’s management of the inflation expectations of the financial markets as well as the general public — the latter being a part of the...
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